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

List of Materials

4 reals (of 20 S of Spain)

Aloes

Alum water

Animals

Animals with bones or scales

Antimony oil

Armenian bole

Asphalt

Aspic oil

Azur d’esmail

Azure

Azures

Black charcoal

Black lead

Bone

Brazilwood

Brick

Calcined black pebbles

Cardana salt

Ceruse

Chalk

Charcoal

Clay

Clay earth

Colophony

Common quarry sand

Copper

Coral

Crocum ferri

Crocum ferry

Crystallin

Dilute sal ammoniac

Dross of Iron

Earth

Emeralds

Enamel

Enameling a carnelian

English point

Florence lacquer

Florence lake

Florey

Fragile things

Gilding wood

Glass

Gold

Green gum

Green verditer

Guaiac oil

Huile tingente

Indian laque plate

Iron

Iron filings

Ivory

K

Lake

Lake and white lead

Latten

Latten flows

Lavender spike oil

Lead

Lead tin

Lead white

Linseed oil

Mastic varnish

Melting

Mercury

Minium

Montpellier tartar

Mortars

Nut oil

Oil of sulfur

Paper

Plaster

Plaster of Paris

Potin

Potter's earth

Prunes of Saint Antonin

Quince pulp seed water

Red copper

Red gum

Relief awls

Rue vinegar

Rye straw

Sal ammoniac

Saltpetre

Sand

Sanding charcoal

Sanguine

Sapphire

Scudegrun

Slate

Soot black

Sour

Spalt

Spike lavender

Spirits

St André cross

Steel

Stone alum

Sublimate

Sulfur

Sulphur

Talcum

Tallow

Tiles

Tin

Toadstone

Trasse paper

Turnipseed oil

Turpentine

Turpentine oil

Turpentine varnish

Varnish

Venice lake

Venice turpentine

Verdigris

Vermillion

Vinegar

Water

Wax

Wheat oil

White lead

White wax

Wood

Yellow earth

a poix

aes ustum a poix

agate

alabaster

almond oil

almonds

alum

alum de plume

amber

ambergris

amethysts

ammonia salt

ammoniac

anthos

antimony

antler

apples

aqua forte

aqua fortis

aqua fortis matter

aquis fortis

ardille clay

arene

arsenic

ash

ashes

asphalt

aspic

aspic oil

azur

azur d’esmail

azur enamel

azure

azure ash

azure enamel

azure of email

azures

azurite ash

bad sand

baillard

barley

baston

batture

beef

beef or mutton

benzoin

beryl

betjoin

bile

biron

bisaube

bismuth

bitumen

black

black copperas

black graphite

black pitch

black soap

black sulphur

black sulphured wax

black trasse paper

black wax

black wax mixed with sulphur

bleach

bole

bone

bone of an ox foot

bone sand

bones

borax

boufain

bow wood

box mold

box wood

bran

branches

brandy

brass

brass wire

brass wire points

bread

breadcrust

brick

bricks

bronze

broth

bugloss extract

bull's foot bone

burned bone

burned earth

burned felt

burnt English point

burnt bone

butter

calamine

calcinated alabaster

calcinated slate

calcined alabaster

cambric

candi sugar

candle

candle wax

candles

canne

canne de batiste

canons

canvas

caput mortuum

card

cardboard

carnelian

carton

cast

cement

cerrusite

ceruse

cerussite

chalk

chalk from Champagne

charcoal

charcoal black

charcoal made from willow

charcoal powder

charcoals

chasing tool

chicken broth

chicken egg yolks

chicken eggs

chicken entrail

chunk of amber

cimolee

cinnabar

cinnamon

cinnamon oil

clair

clay

clay base

clay earth

clay plaster

clear water

cloth

cloth shavings

cloth waste

clous de rosette

clove oil

cloves

coal

coals

coarse canvas

coarse salt

codfish skin

cold mold

colle de détrempe

colle de retaille

colle de retailles

colle forte

color dye

colors

colés

common iron

common mortar

common sand

common thick turpentine

consolida maior

cooked plaster

copper

copper filings

copper latten

copper medals

copperas

copperoze

coral

cords of cittern

core molds

cork

cornaline

cotton

couleurs à tourmentine

couleurs à vernis

counters

crayfish

crayons

crepe

crocum

crocum ferri

crocum sand

crocus

crow eggs

crucible

crushed brick

crushed enamel

crushed flour

crushed glass

crushed juniper berries

crutches

crystal

crystallin

cuivre franc

currier water

cut stone

cuttlefish

detergent

diamond

diamonds

dirt

distemper

distemper glue

distilled vinegar

dittany

doulx latton

dragon's blood

dross of iron

dry mortar

du noir de courroieur

dust

earth

eau de vie

eau forte

eau-de-vie

ebony

egg

egg white

egg whites

egg yolk

egg yolks

eggs

eggshell

elm root

emeralds

emery

enamel

enamel azur

enamel colors

enclosed animal

engraved stone

enilanroc

esbaucher wax

essence of amidin

essence of sal ammoniac

estaim de glace

excrement

fabric

fat

fat earth

fat plaster

feather

feathers

feet

felt

female silk worm eggs

fenugreek

fer blanc

ferrous sulphate

fig tree

fig tree milk

fig tree wood

fig-tree milk

filings

filler the foundry owner uses

fine

fine and mild tin

fine laque platte

fine sand

fine steel

fine tin

fire

fish glue

flies

flour

flour glue

flower

flower oil

flowers

foam of urine

food

forks

fountain water

frame

frame molds

fresh dirt

frying pan material

fustet

galipot

garlic

garlic juice

gem

gemstones

gentian

germ

gilt

gimlet

glair

glass

glass pane

glass salts

glass tin

glasse

glue

glue colle de retailles

gold

gold filings

gold leaf

gold or silver

goldsmith's cement

good plaster

good spirits

good vinegar

grain

grain powder

gravel

grease

greasy earth

greasy leather

green

green copperas

green wax

grey earth

ground bone

grès

guene

guindoles doulces

gum

gum ammoniacum

gum amoniacum

gum arabic

gum water

gum wax

gummed wate

gummed water

guns

hair

hairy little horns

half amber

half figure

half figure in lead

half musk

half of your lead figure which you have oiled

handkerchief

hard wood

harpsichord string

hat

hay

hay fire

heather

hemp seeds

hemp-seed

hog's fennel

holy water

honey

hoof of an ox

horn

horse dung

horse manure

horsehair

horsemuck

horseradish leaf

horsetail hairy

hot ashes

hot urine

hot water

huile tingente

iced tin

ink

interior of a large loaf of bread

iron

iron dross

iron filings

iron or steel nails

iron pillars

iron pins

iron rods

iron scale

iron scrapings

iron thread

iron wire

it Aes ustum

jacket

jacket of clay

jasper

juice of lemon

lacquer

lake

lamb tallow

lamp smoke

lampblack

lapathum acutum

laque ronde

laquer

lard

larme de mastic

larmes

latten

latten of cassole

latten wire

latten.

laundry water

lavender spike oil

laxunge de verre

lead

lead balls

lead or tin

lead white

leaded earth

leaded white

leaf

lean earth that artillery founders and bell founders use

lean sand

leather

leaves

leaves of malva

lettuce

lettuce seeds

light oil colors

lime

lime mortar

lime-twigs

linen

linnen oil

linseed

linseed oil

linseed oil from Aux

little civet

liver

looking-glass

looking-glass tin

lung

lute

luth

lye

manure

marble

marbles

marcasite

marcasites

marigold

marigold flowers

marrow

marshmallow root

massicot

mastic

material of a frying pan

matter

meat

medal

mediocre alloys

melted butter

melted sulphur

melted wax

mercury

metal

metal scrapings

metals

mild cauldron copper

mild tin

milk or bark of a fig tree

millet

millet grains

minced sheep's heart

mine

mineral salt

minium

mixture

mold

molds

molten iron

molten resin

mortar

mortar with handles

mouth glue

mud

mulberry leaves

murky water

musk

mustard

mustard seeds

mutton flesh

métal

napkins

natural flower

natural sulphur

natural wool

needle filings

noyau

nut oil

nuts' skin

nutshell

oak or beech charcoal

ocher

ochre

oil

oil colors

oil of Jacob

oil of spike lavender

oil of sulfur

oil paint

oil varnish

ointment

old caudron

old flour

olive oil

one coin of 20 S from France

onions

opaque red enamel

opiate

orange

orange peel

ordinary ashes

ore

ores

oriental jacinths

orpiment

ox hoof

oxen manure

oyster shells

oysters

paeonia

paint

painters' distemper glue

palma christi seed oil

paper

parchment

parchments

partridge feather

paste

pastel

paternoster beads

pearl

pearls

perfume

petrol oil

pewter

piece of wood or iron

pieces of thick felt for mittens

pig's bladder

pigeon manure

pin and other brass filings

pin filings

pine

pine resin

pins

pipe

pistolet

pitch

plant

plants

plaster

points

pomace

pomole

pork skin

porphyry

pot

potin

potter's earth

pounded silver

powder

printers' ink

pumice

pumice stone

pure lead

pure tin

pureed broth

purpurine

quick lime

quicklime

quicksilver

rainwater

rapeseed

rat hairs

raw egg white

raw plaster

red

red copper

red enamel

red greasy earth

red wax of vermillion

reddened tiles

regulin from antimony

reseda

resin

resin pitch

resin.

roche alum

rock

rock alum

rock salt

rods

root of an elm

rope

rose

rose honey

rosemary

rosette

rosette copper

rosette from Ghent

rosin

rosin varnish

rouge clair

rubies

rue and berries crushed together

sable de mine

saffran

saffron

said water

sal ammoniac

sal ammoniac water

saliva

salmons

salt

salt ammicke

salt from cabbage ashes

salt water

salte

saltpeter

saltpetre

sand

sandarac

sandarac gum

sandever

sands

sandstone

sandstone powder

sanguine

sap

sapphire

sapphires

satin

scabious

scale

scrap iron

scudegrun

sel ammoniac

sempervina

sernique

serpent

shapes of metal

silk

silver

silver coins

silver filings

silver gilt

silver leaf

silver viper

silver-gilt

skin

skins

slate

slivers

small molds

small mortar

small rod

smith's salt

smoke

snakes

soap

soap water

soft

soft black charcoal

soft lead

soft tin

solder

soot

soot black

sour tin

spar

sparkling coryal

spike lavender

spike lavender oil

spirits

starch

starch from England

starch water

stavesacre

steel

steel wool

stick

stone

stone alum

stone alum brick

stone feather alum

stones

storax

straw

strong glue

stucco

sublimate

sugar

suint

sulfur

sulphur

symphytum

taffeta

taffetas

tail

talc

tallow

tammy cloth

tartar

tartar oil

tempera

tempered sand

tenuous gold

terra merita

the foot or the hand

theriac rue

thick broth

thread

tile

tiles

tin

tinsel

toast

topaz

touchstone

tragacanth gum

tree

trees

tripoli

tripoli of Venice

turmeric

turpentine

turpentine of Venice

turpentine oil

turpentine varnish

untempered steel

urine

varnish

varnish of sandarac

varnished earthenware pot

varnishes

velvet

venice

verdegris

verdigris

vermilion

vermillion

vernicularis

vert d'azur

vert de vessie

vert-de-gris

vetjoin

vine

vine shoots

vine water

vinegar

vinegar or urine

vinete

viola

violet

vitriol

walnut

walnut oil

walnuts

warm ashes

water

water of alum

water of sal ammoniac

water sublimate

wax

wax "à ébaucher"

wax balls

wax oil

wax relief

wax sprues

wax thread

waxed cloth

waxed paper

weld

wet sand

wheat

wheat flour

wheat oil

white

white chalk

white copperas

white copperoze

white glue

white iron

white lead

white plaster

white salve

white stone

white stone alum powder

white varnish

white vinegar

white wax

white wine

whitest turpentine oil

wick

willow charcoal

wine

wine lees

wings

wire

woad

women's milk

wood

woodblocks

wooden

wool

worms

yellow chalk

yellow latten

yellow ochre

yolk

yolks

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