| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.19 | Plin. Nat. 35.20 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.21 |
Usta [Note] was accidentally discovered at a fire in the Piræus, some ceruse having been burnt in the jars there. Nicias, the artist above-mentioned, [Note] was the first to use it. At the present day, that of Asia, known also as "purpurea," is considered the best. The price of it is six denarii per pound. It is prepared also at Rome by calcining marbled sil, [Note] and quenching it with vinegar. Without the use of usta shadows cannot be made. [Note]
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.19 | Plin. Nat. 35.20 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.21 |
