The references, where given, are to the paging respectively of the Trattati (Tra.) and the Vita (V.); the former to the Italian of Milanesi, 1857 edition, the latter to Symonds’ Translation, 1893 edition. Where I have adopted Symonds’ definition of a word I have acknowledged it with an (S.).
ABBASSARE: to bring or hammer down, as of relief work in metal. Tra. 143.
ACCETTARE: to accept or take; of the accepting of metal from the gesso or clay mould. In Tra. 164, Cellini describes how the metal accepts better when the clay is fatty from decomposition.
ACCONCIARE: to set. Tra. 40. See also [SERRARE], [LEGARE].
ACQUA: the water of a diamond. Tra. 60, 65.
ACQUA DA PARTIRE: see [PARTIRE].
ACQUA DI DRAGANTE: see [DRAGANTE].
ACQUA FORTE: aquafortis in its various uses. See Tra. 31, 149, 155.
ACQUAIO: a pipe for carrying off water. Tra. 173. See CANNONETTO.
ACQUA MARINA: the aquamarine. Tra. 39.