Nachrichten einiger nützlichen Lacc-Fürnissen

• • Is type of work 

    Special collections

By

• • Has author 

    Morgenstern, Johann Christoph

Is about

• Subject

  • As subject 

    varnish
  • As subject 

    schilderkunst
  • As subject 

    verfrecepten
  • As subject 

    medicines (material)
  • As subject 

    recepturen
  • As subject 

    vergulden

Type

• Language

  • Has publication language 

    German

Annotations / title notes

• Notes

  • 228 pagina's van de hand van Morgenstern. Latere toevoegingen van onbekende auteurs.
  • 68 onbeschreven pagina's.
  • "Hand-written manuscript by the Rudolstadt painter Johann Christoph Morgenstern. The manuscript with several hundred recipes for the production of varnishes, paints, glues, resins, binders, etc., as well as practical tips and instructions for the correct application of these in painting and arts and crafts, written by the Rudolstädter portrait painter Johann Christoph Morgenstern (1697-1767) and continued by later hands. In the first part (of three), the manuscript, mainly deals with the production and professional application of various varnishes for paintings, moldings and frames, works of art made of wood and metal, for restoration, priming, etc. Gold powder, silver bronze, iron varnish, glass varnish, gold varnish, linseed oil varnish, tree resin, copal resin, varnish oil and mastic varnish, water varnish, paper varnish, "old and new glittering smiles", "that the lordship of the Holtz", "pomade furnis", "Reducier Fürnis", "Retouchir varnish“, "prepare dry sheaves", "Florentine Lacquer", pastel colors, shell colors, amber varnish, white and gray varnish, "how to mill on chalk" etc. The second part deals with the processes of gilding and silvering as well as the production of gold ink, u. a. "How to make gold and silver to grind", "to give gold to the teeth," "to prepare golden leather," "silver smoothness," poliments, and also to the coloring of linen, wood, parchment, leather, and horn, "as in Steel and iron shall be scribed and etched, "polishing of amber and precious stones, production of pearls and marble papers, processing of mercury, hardening of glue, etc.“ The final third, the narrowest part contains some medical prescriptions and home remedies z. Against melancholia, over the preparation of mastic, "eyewash", "Haber Tranck", "juniper Elexir" etc., including a page with a small list of 18 pharmacist's marks for various metallic materials such as gold, silver, lead, mercury, Saltpetre, cinnabar, etc. At the end of a family chronicle reaching into the 20th century, probably the previous owner of the manual" - Uit beschrijving verkoper.

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