Making and Knowing
A minimal edition of BnF Ms Fr 640 in English Translation

List of Activities

accounting

agriculture

animal observation

animals

annealing

balance keeping

candle making

casing

casting

casting animals

casting plants

casting things too thin

casting with sand

casting with sulfur

catching

catching animals

catching birds

cleaning

cleaning mold

colchos

color making

coloring

coloring animals

colormaking

construction

copying off patterns

cosmetic

curing dogs

decoction

drying animals

dyeing

embellishing

embellishment

enameling

engraving

erasing

etching

experimentation

explosives

extracting Regulus

fish glue

fountain making

gardening

gilding

glasswork

glue making

gold and silver casting

grotto

gum making

handling and maintenance

handling large shapes

history

imitating

imitation

imitation coral

imitation gem

infusing

keeping animals

keeping birds and animals

lead casting

lifecasting

list

literary description

luting

maintenance

making

making a liquid binder for casting sand

making awl

making color

making lacquer

making large presses

making mortars

making mustard

making sand

making sand for lead casting

making solution

mask making

mechnics

medicinal

medicine

melting

melting silver

mending

metalwork

metalworking

military

mold making

molding

molding animals

musical instrument-making

observation

oil making

optics

painting

painting perspective

perfume making

pigment making

plaster making

poisoning

polishing

positioning animals

practical optics

preparing materials

producing silk

remedy

repair

repairing

representation

sand making

sand molding

sand sourcing

sandmold making

softening

soldering

stamping

storing chestnut

stretching canvas

tanning

tempering

tempering sand

therapeutics

tool making

using glue for delicate objects

using iron clamps

using spirits

using wax

varnish

varnish for floorboards

varnish for paintings

varnish making

varnishing

watchmaking

wax casting

wax molding

waxwork

weaving

whitening

writing