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The Life and Times of 17th Century Glassmaker Antonio Neri
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Wednesday, May 1, 2019
Report from Parnassus
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Rafael - El Parnaso (Vatican, Rome, 1511) Apollo on Parnassus, (fresco detail). In the spring of 1612, Italian glassmaker Antonio ...
Monday, April 29, 2019
Alchemy School
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Frontispiece woodcut from De Chemia Senioris, by Zadith ben Hamuel, 1566 A common notion holds that alchemists were eccentrics, lo...
Friday, April 26, 2019
Filippo Sassetti
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Goa, India 1509 Later distinguished as a renowned glassmaker and alchemist, Antonio Neri was born into a patrician household. In the Fl...
Wednesday, April 24, 2019
Tartar Salt
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So-called "wine diamonds," (harmless) Potassium bitartrate deposits which can accumulate in bottles and barrels of wine ...
Monday, April 22, 2019
Art and Science
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Jacopo Ligozzi,1518, fanciful glass vessels, ink and watercolor on paper. Antonio Neri's writing on glassmaking and alchemy wa...
Friday, April 19, 2019
Carries the Palm
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Jesus' entry into Jerusalem, walking on palm leaves. Pietro Lorenzetti 1320 For Western Christians, this week began with "P...
Wednesday, April 17, 2019
Vitriol of Venus
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Crystals of Copper Sulfate Pentahydrate (Vitriol of Venus) Vitriol of Venus was one of the most cherished items in Antonio Neri’s c...
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