Faure, Elie, 1873-1937, Pach, Walter, 1883-1958 · New York and London : Harper & brothers · leaf 123
trated inthe desire to handle that unctuous earth and the sub-stances that he takes from it, the fat jade, cornelianstone, crystal, agate, chalcedony, the hard stoneswhose spots he knows how to utilize, whose veins he 96 MEDIEVAL ART knows how to follow, the kaolin and the flint, the whiteearth,… … Tomb of the Mings (xv Century). Triumphal Way. Elephant. boil it by holding back or by forcing the fire, so as torender it more or less hard, more or less brittle, to veinit, to mix it with other materials; he causes powderedmetal that has been liquified by heat to flow through it,or breaks its…
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