Collections towards a history of pottery and porcelain, in the 15th, 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries : with a description of the manufacture, a glossary, and a list of monograms (1850)
Marryat, Joseph · London : J. Murray · leaf 40
er evidence be want-ing of the very obvious derivationof the term Majolica from Ma-jorca, a passage in the works ofJulius Scaliger appears to set thematter at rest. When, comparingthe porcelain of India with thepottery of Majorca, he says thatthe Italian pottery derived itsname of Majolica from… … Fig. 3. Altarpiece of terra cotta, by L. dellaRobbia. Sau Miniato. * Horum pretia, cum et opes, etpatientiam, postremo etiam fidem exce-derent; novo ingenio tam belle imitatisunt in Insulis Majoricis, ut ssepe diffi-cile judicatu sit, utra vera, utrave adul-terina. Profecto nec forma, nec…
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