av Peter » 5 mars 2004, 10:12
OK. För er som inte känner till Cennini, var han en snubbe som verkade som konstnär i Florens under första delen/mitten av 1400-talet. Hans bok Il Libro dell' Arte (översatt till The Craftsman's handbook) är på sätt och vis en konstskola för de som vill lära sig.
Min version är översatt av Daniel V. Thompson, Jr.
1933, Yale University Press/Dover publications
Så till limrecepten - det blev lite långt...
How goat glue is made, and how it is tempered; and how many purposes it will serve. Chapter CVIIII
And there is a glue wich is known as leaf glue; this is made out of clippings of goats' muzzles, feet, sinews, and many clippings of skins. This glue is made in March or January, during those strong frosts or winds; and it is boiled with clear water until it is reduced to less than a half. The put it into certain flat dishes, like jelly molds or basins, straining it thoroughly. Let it stand over night. Then, in the morning, cut it with a knife into slices like bread; put it on at matto dry in the wind, out of the sunlight; and an ideal glue will result. This glue is used by painters, by saddlers, and by ever so many masters, as I shall show you later on. And it is a good glue for wood, and for many things. We shall discuss it thoroughly, showing what it may be used for, and how, for gessos, for tempering colors, making lutes, tarsias, fastening pieces of wood and foliage ornament together, tempering gessos, doing raised gessos; and it is goog for many things.
(sid 67)
To make a glue out of lime and cheese. Chapter CXII ends the fifth section of this book.
There is a glue used by workers in wood; this is made of cheese. After putting it to soak in water, work it over with a little quicklime, using a board with both hands. Put it between the boards; it joins them and fastens them together well. And let this suffice you for the making of various kinds of glue.
(sid 68)
Det finns dessutom recept på hur man tillverkar lim för att laga sten (som tillexempel slipstenar) och hur man lagar glas (kanske något för den som tappat sin noppbägare i golvet...). Hör bara av er så kan jag skriva ner dem.