Sir Theodore de Mayerne, Pictoria, sculptoria et quae subalternarum artium (the 'Mayerne manuscript')
Scope & Content:
The manuscript contains miscellaneous notes on the subject of artistic techniques, including the making of pigments, oils and varnishes, the priming and preparation of surfaces for painting, and the repair and conservation of paintings. The manuscript also contains notes of chemical experiments,...
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Dutch, English, French, German, Italian, and Latin
Sloane 2054 Chartaceus, in Quarto, ff. 133, Sec. XVII. Catalogus remediorum in Antidotario particulari describendorum sive formulae variae, cum tabula contentorum. ff. 1-133. Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, Baron; MD: Catalogus remediorum in Antidotario particulari deseribendorum: 17th cent.
Sloane 2057 Paper, in folio, ff. 73, XVII Century. 'Introduction aux trois arts fondés sur le dessein ou pourtraiture; [...] Architecture, sculpture et Peinture prise de George Vassary sculpteur Aretin:' with an introductory letter prefixed by Theodore de Mayerne to M. Roaldes. French. ff. 1-7...
Sloane 2058 Chartaceus, in folio, ff. 228, Sec. XVII. Theodori Turquet de Mayerne Ephemerides morborum, et elenchus remediorum variis aegris praescribendorum 1603, 1604, cum indice morborum subjuncto. ff. 1-228. Theodore Turquet de Mayerne, Baron; MD: Formulae remediorum: 17th cent.