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On Divers Arts
Theophilus Presbyter
book · c. early 12th century
Theophilus, On Divers Arts (De diversis artibus / Schedula diversarum artium).
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Stained glass is used in Glass.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book II seats colored glass cut and leaded into church windows as the named stained-glass craft of the glassworker. A named stained-glass use of glass in that workshop handbook, not glass as the bare fused element alone and not grisaille paint as the monochrome paint layer alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book II seats the hollow iron pipe for gathering and blowing hot glass among glasshouse tools. A named blowpipe in that glass craft, not a pontil holding-iron and not a bellows air-blast.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book II seats the solid or hollow iron that takes the vessel from the blowpipe for finishing and footwork. A named pontil in that glass craft, not the blowpipe gather-and-blow iron alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book II seats the H- or U-section lead strips that bind cut glass pieces into windows. A named lead-came in that stained-glass join craft, not copper-foil later Tiffany seams and not stained-glass as the whole window alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book II seats plant-ash alkali fluxes that soften silica into glass, the workshop ancestry later soda-ash speech still names. A named soda-ash continuity in that glass-batch craft, not washing-soda hydrate and not baking-soda kitchen salt.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts seats cobalt-colored glass among furnace blues that painters later grind as smalt. A named smalt use continuous with that glass-blue pigment path, not ultramarine as lapis blue and not prussian-blue as later iron blue.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts seats roasted cobalt matter and glass-blue intermediates that color melts and later feed smalt. A named zaffre in that glass-coloring craft, not smalt as the finished powder alone and not cobalt-blue as later pure oxide paint.
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Enamel Glass is used in Glass.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts seats soft colored glasses prepared for painting and fusing as enamel on vessels and metal. A named enamel-glass in that glass/enamel craft, not stained-glass as the leaded window alone and not overglaze-enamel as porcelain china-paint.
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Enamel Frit is used in Glass.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts seats milled glass frit as the base for enamel colors on metal and glass. A named enamel-frit in that enamel craft, not ceramic-frit glaze batches alone and not enamel-glass as the colored glass lemma alone.
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Cobalt Glass is used in Glass.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts seats deep blue glass colored by cobalt among furnace colors for vessels, cullet, and enamel feedstock. A named cobalt-glass in that glass craft, not cobalt-blue painting pigment alone and not underglaze-blue ceramic cobalt.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats pigment bound with egg and related temper for panel and wall painting. A named tempera in that painter’s workshop, not oil-paint as later drying-oil painting and not fresco as wet-lime wall binding alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats gypsum and chalk grounds prepared for panels and for receiving gold leaf. A named gesso in that painter’s workshop, not plaster as wall stuff alone and not acrylic-gesso as modern primer.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats dilute glue and related washes for sealing grounds and for gilding size coats. A named size in that painter’s workshop, not glue as strong adhesive alone and not parchment-size as skin size alone.
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Egg tempera binder is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats egg yolk and whole-egg binders that temper pigment for panel painting. A named egg-tempera-binder in that tempera craft, not tempera as the finished medium name alone and not milk casein binders.
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Glue size binder is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats glue size used as a painting and gilding binder beside the dilute size wash. A named glue-size-binder in that workshop, not size as the bare dilute wash alone and not gold-size as gilding tack alone.
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Fish glue is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats glues boiled from fish parts among binders for grounds, joins, and size. A named fish-glue in that workshop, not isinglass as clarifying gelatine alone and not hide-glue as skin glue alone.
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Ultramarine is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats deep blue prepared from lapis lazuli among precious painter’s blues — the workshop path later ultramarine speech still names. A named ultramarine continuity in that pigment craft, not azurite copper blue and not french-ultramarine synthetic grade.
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Ultramarine ash is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I lapis-blue work leaves pale residual ash blues that cheaper workshop blues still use. A named ultramarine-ash continuity beside full ultramarine, not smalt as cobalt-glass blue and not bare chalk gray.
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Brazilwood is used in Dye.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats brasilium / brazil heartwood among red dye and lake materials for painter and dyer. A named brazilwood in that dye craft, not logwood and not brazilin as the isolated modern principle name alone.
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Vine black is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats soft blacks from charred grapevine and similar shoots among painter’s carbon blacks. A named vine-black in that pigment craft, not bone-black and not lampblack soot alone.
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Bone black is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats warm blacks from charred bone among panel pigments. A named bone-black in that pigment craft, not vine-black and not ivory-black as a trade synonym dump alone.
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Lead–tin yellow is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats lead-tin yellow oxide mixes among stable workshop yellows continuous with later lead-tin-yellow speech. A named lead-tin-yellow in that pigment craft, not naples-yellow and not massicot alone.
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Flake white is used in Workshop.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats white lead prepared in flakes and cakes among painter’s whites — the path later flake-white speech still names. A named flake-white continuity in that pigment craft, not chalk-white and not zinc-white modern.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats sandarac resin among spirit varnishes and manuscript media. A named sandarac use of resin in that workshop, not damar and not mastic as the mastic-tree resin alone.
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Gold size is used in Gold leaf.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats tacky size coats prepared for laying beaten gold leaf. A named gold-size used with gold-leaf in that gilding craft, not oil-size as general oily size alone and not gold-leaf as the metal sheet alone.
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Oil size is used in Gold leaf.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats oily size for mordant gilding and sealing beside water-bole work. A named oil-size used with gold-leaf in that gilding craft, not gold-size as the dedicated tack size alone and not japan-size modern trade grade.
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Oil Gilding is used in Gold leaf.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats laying leaf on oil or mordant size for exterior and quick gold work. A named oil-gilding finish on gold-leaf, not water-gilding as burnish bole work and not fire-gilding as mercury amalgam already walked under Pliny.
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Water Gilding is used in Gold leaf.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats laying leaf on wet bole and size so the gold can be burnished bright. A named water-gilding finish on gold-leaf, not oil-gilding as mordant leaf alone and not gold-leaf as the sheet alone.
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Mordant Gilding is used in Gold leaf.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats sticking leaf to a tacky mordant or size coat rather than wet bole burnish. A named mordant-gilding finish on gold-leaf, not oil-gilding as one mordant family alone and not water-gilding.
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Shell gold is used in Gold.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats powdered gold bound for brushwork and kept in shells among manuscript and miniature golds. A named shell-gold use of gold, not gold-leaf sheets and not mosaic-gold tin sulfide pigment.
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Shell Silver is used in Silver.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book I seats powdered silver in gum kept in a shell for manuscript and miniature work. A named shell-silver use of silver, not shell-gold as powdered gold paint and not silver-leaf as beaten leaf.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the black silver-sulfide inlay mass rubbed into engraved lines on silver and related metals. A named niello in that goldsmith craft, not enamel fused glass alone and not patina as surface film alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the hand-pushed sharpened steel cutter for engraving metal before niello and ornament. A named graver in that goldsmith craft, not a chasing-hammer and not a burin as the lozenge-tip plate tool alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats lozenge- and square-tipped engraving tools among goldsmith cutters continuous with later burin speech. A named burin in that metal-engraving craft, not an etching-needle and not a bare chisel dump.
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Hard solder is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats higher-melting brass and silver joins for goldsmith seams. A named hard-solder in that metal craft, not soft-solder tin-lead and not the vague solder class alone already walked under Agricola.
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Soft solder is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats low-melting tin-lead joins for seams that must not take hard-solder heat. A named soft-solder in that metal craft, not hard-solder and not silver-solder.
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Silver solder is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats silver-bearing hard joins for jewelry and pipe seams among goldsmith solders. A named silver-solder in that metal craft, not soft-solder and not pure silver stock alone.
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Chasing hammer is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats light hammers for chasing and punching ornament on goldsmith work held in pitch. A named chasing-hammer in that metal craft, not a raising-hammer for hollow ware and not a planishing-hammer for smoothing alone.
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Pitch bowl is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the bowl of warmed pitch that holds sheet metal while the goldsmith chases and punches. A named pitch-bowl in that metal craft, not plant pitch as fuel/resin alone and not a bare bowl dump.
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Casting wax is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats wax models and wax preparations for casting metalwork and bells. A named casting-wax in that metal craft, not beeswax-polish furniture wax and not lost-wax-medium as the whole process name alone.
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Lost wax medium is used in Metal.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats lost-wax casting of metal figures and vessels continuous with later lost-wax-medium speech. A named lost-wax-medium in that metal craft, not casting-wax as the wax stock alone and not ceramic casting-slip.
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Altarpiece is used in Altar.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts teaches painting and metalwork for church furnishings whose painted or sculpted principal images sit on or behind the altar — the path later altarpiece speech still names. A named altarpiece use at the altar, not a reredos architectural screen alone and not a generic icon dump.
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Pipe organ is used in Monastery.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the making of organ pipes and the wind instrument that sounds through ranks of pipes for church and monastic use. A named pipe-organ in that monastery craft neighborhood, not a portative-organ alone and not a free-reed harmonium.
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Portative organ is used in Monastery.
Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III organ craft covers small portable pipe organs continuous with later portative-organ speech. A named portative-organ in that monastic instrument neighborhood, not a full pipe-organ loft and not a regal reed organ alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the shallow goldsmith plate made with the chalice for Eucharistic bread. A named paten used with the chalice in that vessel set, not a pyx for carrying hosts and not a generic dish.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the hooked pastoral staff as goldsmith work for bishops and abbots of monastic and cathedral houses. A named crozier in that monastery craft neighborhood, not a was-sceptre and not a generic stick.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats containers fashioned by the goldsmith for bodily and contact relics at church altars and treasuries. A named reliquary used at the altar neighborhood, not a monstrance for host display and not a chasse house-casket alone.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the swung metal censer fashioned for burning incense in liturgy. A named thurible used with incense, not an incense-boat for holding grains and not a Japanese kōro.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats the small goldsmith container for carrying consecrated hosts from the altar to the sick. A named pyx in that altar-vessel neighborhood, not a ciborium for reserved hosts and not a Greek pyxis cosmetic box.
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Theophilus’s On Divers Arts Book III seats house-shaped reliquary caskets among goldsmith church work for altar and treasury. A named chasse in that altar-reliquary neighborhood, not a generic reliquary alone and not a feretory processional shrine alone.
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Folium is historically related to Dye.
theophilus-divers-arts seats folium among its lemmas — folium speech, not a free modern dump alone.
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Claves is historically related to Workshop.
theophilus-divers-arts seats claves beside workshop as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Solidus is historically related to Workshop.
theophilus-divers-arts seats solidus beside workshop as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Follis is historically related to Workshop.
theophilus-divers-arts seats follis beside workshop as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Camera is historically related to Iron.
theophilus-divers-arts seats camera beside iron as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Flamingo is historically related to Oil.
theophilus-divers-arts seats flamingo beside oil as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Atelier is historically related to Clay.
theophilus-divers-arts seats atelier beside clay as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Leaf is historically related to Oil.
theophilus-divers-arts seats leaf beside oil as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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Compass is historically related to Clay.
theophilus-divers-arts seats compass beside clay as a craft peer — object speech, not a text-container or tradition dump.
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