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228 WHAT PAINTING IS
see also individual animals
antimony, 63, 82
stellated regulus of, 181
sulfide, 32
trisulphide, 227 n.1
apples, 28
aaua
permanens, 181
regia, 39
aqua (cont.)
vitæ, 62
Argentaurana, 68
Argentaurum, 197
ark, 87
arkān, 55
arsenic
oxide, 32
sulfide, 31
Artephius, 29, 142
art history
delicacy of, 6, 147
unaware of specific pigments,
66
Art Institute of Chicago, 15
asem, 88
ashes, 21, 29, 56, 57, 69
ash that is within the ash, 49
see also cinders;
Ultramarine Ash
athanor, 165
atrament, 32
Auerbach, Frank, 74–5, 137
auripigment, 31
aurum vulgaris, 183
Azoth, 79, 83
azur, 32
Azurite, 66
Bååk, 39
Bacon, Francis, 134–6
Balduinus, Christianus Adolphus,
191
balneum Mariæ, 65
balsam, 103
Barchusen, Johann Conrad, 168,
179
bark, 21
Basil Valentine, 56, 63, 145, 187
basilisk, 146
bear cubs, 152
Beckett, Samuel, 137
beer, 23, 145
beeswax, 20
Bellini, Giovanni, 169
benzene, 102, 106, 127
Bernini, Gianlorenzo, 99
Béroalde de Verville, François, 81
Berthelot, Marcelin, 111
betony, 150
bezoar, 28
bile, 126, 163
bitumen, 28
black, 49, 60, 63, 85, 117, 126, 178–9
see also bile;
Lamp Black;
Payne’s Grey;
sulfur
Blake, William, 70
Blessed Liquor, Ripley’s, 130
blood, 20, 136–7, 150, 164, 168, 179
arcano of, 150
dragon’s, 24
dried, 71, 146
elephant’s, 24
of a red-haired man, 146
pig’s blood, 21
snake’s, 150
spiritual, 82
squeezed out of blood vessels,
160
bloodstone, 32
Bloom, Harold, 7
blue, 53, 66, 117, 169
see also Azurite;
Cerulean Blue;
Cobalt Blue;
Egyptian Blue;
glazes, blue;