Искусства и ремесла Средневековья

338 Aгts and Cгafts in tЬе Jiiddie Ages

it upon а stoвe witЬ ,vateг. \VЬich, being ca1·efully ground, beat up tl1e сlеаг \Yhite of an cgg, in sшnшer ,vith wateг, iп \Yinteг ,vithoнt \Уаtсг," ашl this is to Ье нsed as а slightly гaised becl fог tЬе gold. "Then," he conti1шes, " place а little pot of glнe on the fiгe, ашl ,vl1en it is liqнcfied, роuг it iпto thc shell of gold and ,vash it ,vith it." This is to Ье painted on to tlie gesso grouвd just шeвtioncd, and ,vl1en c1нite сlгу, buгnished with ан' agate. This recipc is morc likc the modern Florentine method of gilding in illumination. Соnсегпiпg tl1c gold itself, theгe sееш to liave been various шcans employed for manufactшing substitнtcs for the genнine a1·ticle. А cшious rccipe is given in tlie шапнsсгiрt of Jelшn de Begue, "Take bulls' brains, put them in а mагЫс vase, and leavc theш for thгee ,Yeeks, ,vhen you ,vill find gold making ,voгms. Ргеsегvе theш caгefнlly." Маге чнaint and sнperstitious isTheophilus' recipe for making Spanish Gold; but, as this is not quotaЫe in polite pages, the reader mнst refe1· to thc original tгeatise if Ье carcs to trace its maпufactшe. Bгнshes шаdе of hair are recoшшcnded Ьу tЬе Bгussels manнscript, \YitЬ а plea for· " peпcils of fisЬcs' Ьаiгs for softening." If this does not rcfe1· to sealskin, it is food for conjectшe ! And fог the Ьinding of these beautiful volumes, how was thc lcatЬer oЬtaincd? This is опс ,vay in ,vhicl1 bнsiпcss and spoгt could Ье coшЬined in the шonastcry, ,v агtоп says, "АЬонt tЬе уеа1· 790, Charlemagnc grantcd an unlimited гight of lшntiнg to the Abbot