Williams, Leonard, b. 1871 · London : T.N. Foulis · leaf 236
his branchof pottery. These laws, revived in 1526, providethat all tinajas must contain two kinds of earth,one red, the other white, thoroughly compoundedin a trough of water. Before the potter removesthe clay from the trough, he must call the citysupervisor or veedor to look into the quality… … HISPANO-MORESQUE TINAJA POTTERY composed of eggs, blood, chalk, and other strangeingredients; nor may he fire the glaze withtorches, because the smell of the smoke clingsto the tinaja, and the wine or stum depositedtherein grows redolent of it, and it stays withinthe jar perpetually. Owing…
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