| INTRODUCTION | [1] |
| CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF NIELLO | [7] |
| CHAPTER II. ON FILIGREE WORK | [10] |
| CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING | [15] |
| CHAPTER IV. JEWELLERY | [22] |
| CHAPTER V. HOW TO SET A RUBY | [24] |
| CHAPTER VI. HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE | [25] |
| CHAPTER VII. HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS | [28] |
| CHAPTER VIII. ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND | [31] |
| CHAPTER IX. HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND | [35] |
| CHAPTER X. HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR | [40] |
| CHAPTER XI. ABOUT WHITE RUBIES & CARBUNCLES | [42] |
| CHAPTER XII. MINUTERIE WORK | [45] |
| CHAPTER XIII. ON CARDINALS’ SEALS | [61] |
| CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS | [67] |
| CHAPTER XV. ABOUT MEDALS | [72] |
| CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK | [75] |
| CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW | [77] |
| CHAPTER XVIII. HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE | [79] |
| CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE | [80] |
| CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING | [81] |
| CHAPTER XXI. YET ANOTHER FURNACE. SUCH A ONE AS I MADE IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO AT THE TIME OF THE SACK OF ROME | [82] |
| CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD & SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES & VASES, AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA’ | [83] |
| CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS | [89] |
| CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS | [90] |
| CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER AND GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE | [91] |
| CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD | [96] |
| CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS AND COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS | [98] |
| CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR | [99] |
| CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING | [100] |
| CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING | [101] |
| CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING | [102] |
| CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR | [103] |
| CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES | [104] |
| CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING AND ETCHING | [105] |
| CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING | [106] |
| CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT | [107] |
THE TREATISE ON SCULPTURE.
| CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE | [111] |
| CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE | [113] |
| CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER | [114] |
| CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS | [127] |
| CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES | [134] |
| CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES | [135] |
| CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT | [139] |
| CHAPTER VIII. THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI | [141] |
[ A GLOSSARY OF ITALIAN TECHNICAL TERMS FOR THE USE OF STUDENTS.]
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS AND DIAGRAMS.
ILLUSTRATIONS.
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| A page of reputed Cellini Jewellery | [22] |
| Another page of the same | [24] |
| King Francis’ Salt, first view | [58] |
| King Francis’ Salt, second view | [60] |
| Specimens of Cardinals’ Seals | [66] |
| Coins and Medals from various collections | [68] |
| The South Kensington Breviary and another Cellini attribution | [32] |
| A Wax Model for the Perseus | [54] |
| The Crucifix in the Escurial | [134] |
| The Perseus | [114] |
| The Nymph of Fontainebleau | [110] |
DIAGRAMS.
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| Diagram illustrating the specchietto for the diamond | [40] |
| Diagram illustrating the application of the cire perdue process to seals | [64] |
| Diagram illustrating the coniare process of striking medals | [76] |
| Diagram illustrating the process of striking medals with the screw | [78] |
| Diagram illustrating the process of casting silver | [79] |
| Diagram illustrating the rasoio for paring metal | [83] |
| Biringoccio’s Furnace from the ‘Pirotechnica’ | [133] |