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On divers arts: the treatise of Theophilus by from the medieval Latin with introd. and notes by John G. Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith is a book available to read on EtoBox.

What is On divers arts: the treatise of Theophilus about?

The work is divided into three books. The first covers the production and use of painting and drawing materials (painting techniques, paints, and ink), especially for illumination of texts and painting of walls. The second deals with the production of stained glass and techniques of glass painting, while the last deals with various techniques of goldsmithing and other metalwork. It also includes an introduction into the building of organs. Theophilus contains perhaps the earliest reference to oil paint.

Author

from the medieval Latin with introd. and notes by John G. Hawthorne and Cyril Stanley Smith

Publisher

[Chicago] University of Chicago Press

Published

1963

Language

EN

Subjects

Art, Technology, Arts