TABLE OF CONTENTS.
AN INTRODUCTORY ACCOUNT OF THE ORIGIN & OBJECT OF THE TREATISES AND OF CELLINI’S POSITION AS CRAFTSMAN AND AUTHOR, BY C. R. ASHBEE
INTRODUCTION
CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF NIELLO
CHAPTER II. ON FILIGREE WORK
CHAPTER III. CONCERNING THE ART OF ENAMELLING
CHAPTER IV. JEWELLERY
CHAPTER V. HOW TO SET A RUBY
CHAPTER VI. HOW TO SET AN EMERALD AND A SAPPHIRE
CHAPTER VII. HOW TO MAKE FOILS FOR ALL SORTS OF TRANSPARENT JEWELS
CHAPTER VIII. ON THE CUTTING OF THE DIAMOND
CHAPTER IX. HOW YOU TINT A DIAMOND
CHAPTER X. HOW TO GIVE A DIAMOND ITS REFLECTOR
CHAPTER XI. ABOUT WHITE RUBIES & CARBUNCLES
CHAPTER XII. MINUTERIE WORK
CHAPTER XIII. ON CARDINALS’ SEALS
CHAPTER XIV. HOW TO MAKE STEEL DIES FOR STAMPING COINS
CHAPTER XV. ABOUT MEDALS
CHAPTER XVI. HOW THE BEFORE-MENTIONED MEDALS ARE STRUCK
CHAPTER XVII. ANOTHER WAY OF STRIKING MEDALS WITH THE SCREW
CHAPTER XVIII. HOW TO WORK IN LARGE WARE, IN GOLD AND SILVER AND SUCH LIKE
CHAPTER XIX. HOW TO BEGIN MAKING A VASE
CHAPTER XX. ANOTHER AND A BETTER WAY OF CASTING
CHAPTER XXI. YET ANOTHER FURNACE. SUCH A ONE AS I MADE IN THE CASTLE OF ST. ANGELO AT THE TIME OF THE SACK OF ROME
CHAPTER XXII. HOW TO FASHION VESSELS OF GOLD & SILVER, LIKEWISE FIGURES & VASES, AND ALL THAT PERTAINS TO THAT BRANCH OF THE CRAFT CALLED ‘GROSSERIA’
CHAPTER XXIII. ANOTHER METHOD FOR GOLD AND SILVER IN SUCH THINGS
CHAPTER XXIV. A THIRD METHOD FOR SIMILAR THINGS
CHAPTER XXV. OF FIGURES MADE IN SILVER AND GREATER THAN LIFE SIZE
CHAPTER XXVI. HOW TO GILD
CHAPTER XXVII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING COLOURS AND COLOURING THE GILDED PARTS
CHAPTER XXVIII. A RECIPE FOR MAKING ANOTHER SORT OF GILDING COLOUR
CHAPTER XXIX. HOW TO MAKE A THIRD GILDING COLOUR FOR VERY THICK GILDING
CHAPTER XXX. HOW TO MAKE THE WAX FOR GILDING
CHAPTER XXXI. HOW TO MAKE YET ANOTHER COLOURING
CHAPTER XXXII. THE MANNER OF APPLYING THE SAID COLOUR
CHAPTER XXXIII. WHAT YOU DO WHEN YOU WISH TO LEAVE BARE THE SILVER IN CERTAIN PLACES
CHAPTER XXXIV. HOW TO MAKE TWO KINDS OF AQUAFORTIS, ONE FOR PARTING, THE OTHER FOR ENGRAVING AND ETCHING
CHAPTER XXXV. HOW TO MAKE AQUAFORTIS FOR PARTING
CHAPTER XXXVI. HOW TO MAKE ROYAL CEMENT
CHAPTER I. ON THE ART OF CASTING IN BRONZE
CHAPTER II. HOW THE ABOVE-MENTIONED CLAY IS MADE
CHAPTER III. ANOTHER METHOD OF CASTING FIGURES IN BRONZE OF LIFE SIZE OR A LITTLE UNDER
CHAPTER IV. HOW TO CONSTRUCT FURNACES FOR CASTING BRONZE, WHETHER FOR STATUES, ORDNANCE, OR OTHER SUCH-LIKE THINGS
CHAPTER V. HOW TO CARVE STATUES OR INTAGLIOS, OR OTHER WORKS, SUCH AS DIVERS BEASTS, IN MARBLE OR OTHER STONES
CHAPTER VI. OF CARRARA MARBLES
CHAPTER VII. A DISQUISITION ON COLOSSAL STATUES WHETHER MODERATELY OR VERY GREAT
CHAPTER VIII. THE MYSTERY OF MAKING GREAT COLOSSI
A page of reputed Cellini Jewellery
Another page of the same
King Francis’ Salt, first view
King Francis’ Salt, second view
Specimens of Cardinals’ Seals
Coins and Medals from various collections
The South Kensington Breviary and another Cellini attribution
A Wax Model for the Perseus
The Crucifix in the Escurial
The Perseus
The Nymph of Fontainebleau
Diagram illustrating thespecchiettofor the diamond
Diagram illustrating the application of thecire perdueprocess to seals
Diagram illustrating theconiareprocess of striking medals
Diagram illustrating the process of striking medals with the screw
Diagram illustrating the process of casting silver
Diagram illustrating therasoiofor paring metal
Biringoccio’s Furnace from the‘Pirotechnica’