EditorialLe Livre des simples medecines-translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius, physician in Salerno, Italy. Middle 15th, Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. A man digs for antimony in a rock. Fol.33 verso.
EditorialSections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1802.
EditorialIn the 1st century AD. is also the first time discolored glass. Due to the presence of iron oxides in sand, 'ordinary' glass always turns green. The color of the glass can be changed by adding different metals. Manganese and antimony have the property ...
EditorialDensho, Japanese, late 18th century, Japan, Japanese, Leaded bronze with trace of antimony Material analyzed by Conservation Department, 20 August 1976. Tested by energy-dispersive x-ray fluorescence spectometry, H. 68.6 cm (27 in.); Diam. 38.2 cm (15 ...
EditorialLid of ritual wine barrel, Lid of ritual wine barrel with two sample cups., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 10.5 cm ? w 16 cm ? d 11 cm.
EditorialRitual barrel, Ritual barrel on three legs. Decorative strap around neck and around buttons, double zigzag edge around the body., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 24 cm ? w 19 cm ? d 18 cm.
EditorialRitual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, two sample cups on this list., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 14.8 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? d 16.5 cm.
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540?50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the...
EditorialRitual wine barrel, Ritual wine barrel with lid with handle. Decorative frame around neck body with stylized mythical animals, on this list two sample cups as well as on the lid., anonymous, China, c. -1700 - c. -800, antimony, h 21.0 cm ? w 18.9 cm ? ...
Editorial‘13. Village of Icha’ ‘14. Road leading to Pungee from thence an ore of antimony is brought of wh. I have a sample no.3’ ‘15. Village of Raroo’ ‘16. do of Muling & Gumpa, (Gelukpas)’ ‘17. do of Pichak’ ‘18. do do’ ‘19. d...
Editorial‘13. Village of Icha’ ‘14. Road leading to Pungee from thence an ore of antimony is brought of wh. I have a sample no.3’ ‘15. Village of Raroo’ ‘16. do of Muling & Gumpa, (Gelukpas)’ ‘17. do of Pichak’ ‘18. do do’ ‘19. d...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1530?40, Binary alloy (copper, tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); a brown to olive green patina and minor traces of gilding., H. overall 50 cm, h. of base 10.5 cm; h. of middle secti...
EditorialPerfume Burner Surmounted by a Satyr, ca. 1540?50, The cover and body are binary bronze (copper and tin, with traces of zinc, iron, nickel, silver, and antimony); the foot is cast in brass (copperzinc alloy with very minor amounts of tin, lead, and the...
EditorialMortar, 1551?80, (model), (possibly cast in France, first half of the 19th century), Italian, Venice, Copper alloy with a high content of tin, some lead, and no trace of zinc; the usual trace elements of iron, nickel, silver, and antimony are present, ...
EditorialSections through furnaces for the reduction of antimony. Copperplate engraving by Wilson Lowry from Abraham Rees' Cyclopedia or Universal Dictionary of Arts, Sciences and Literature, Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme and Brown, London, 1802.
EditorialMetals including lead 1, iron 2,3,4, mercury 5,6, bismuth 7 and antimony 8. Handcoloured copperplate engraving from Friedrich Johann Bertuch's "Bilderbuch fur Kinder" (Picture Book for Children), Weimar, 1792.
EditorialPrecious metals including silver with calcite, silver with kongsbergite, hexahedral silver crystal, dendritic silver, antimony silver, argentite and pyrargyrite. Chromolithograph from Dr. Aldolph Kenngott's "Mineralogy" section in Gotthilf Heinrich von...
EditorialLe Livre des simples medecines-translation into French from the 12th century Latin manuscript of Matthaeus Platearius, physician in Salerno, Italy. Middle 15th, Parchment,29 x 20 cm,221 pages. A man digs for antimony in a rock. Fol.33 verso.