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the Ыасk is made of ebony, and the white of ivory. You ,vill find the ,vorkшansl1ip excellent." This proves that inlaid cablnets ,vere usual in Spain. Ebony being expensive, it was sometimes simulated with stain. Ав old fifteeпth ceпtury 1·ecipe says: " Take box,vood апd lay iп oil ,vith sнlphш- fol' а night, then let it stew for an hош, and it will Ьесоше as Ыасk as coal." Ав old Italian book enjoins the polishing of tl1iR iшitatioв ebony as follo,vs: " Is tl1e ,voocl to Ье polished ,vitЬ bшnt pшnice stoпe? RнЬ the ,vork ca1·eft11ly ,vith canvas апd this pO\vclel', and tl1en ,vash tЬе piece ,vitl1 Dutch lime water so that it may Ье more beautifuHy polished ... then the riпd of а pomegranate nшst Ье steeped, and tl1e ,vood sшeared оvег ,vith it, анd set to dry, Ьнt in tЬе shade." Inlay was often imitated; tЬе elaboгate marqнetгy eablnets in Sta. Ma1·ia della Grazia iп Milan ,vhicl1 аге ргонdlу displayed ai·e iв 1·eality, accOI'ding to MJ". Russell Sturgis, eleveгly painted to simulate the real inlaid wood. Mr. Hamilton .Jacksoп says tЬat these, being Ьу Luini, are inteпded to Ье kno,vn as paiпtings, but to imitate intarsia. Intarsia was made also ашопg tl1e шonaste1·ies. Tl1e Olivetans pгactised this агt exteпsively, and, nшсЬ as some moпaste1·ies Ьаd scгiptoгia f 01' tЬе pгoduction of books, so others had carpenteг's slюps and studios ,vhe1·e, accOI'ding to Michele Caffi, tЬсу slюwed " g1·eat talent fш working in wood, sнcceeding to the l1eirship of the art of tarsia in coloшed ,voods, wЬich they got from