| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.40 | Plin. Nat. 35.41 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.42 |
In ancient times there were but two methods of encaustic [Note] painting, in wax and on ivory, [Note] with the cestrum or pointed graver. When, however, this art came to be applied to the painting of ships of war, a third method was adopted, that of melting the wax colours and laying them on with a brush, while hot. [Note] Painting of this nature, [Note] applied to vessels, will never spoil from the action of the sun, winds, or salt water.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.40 | Plin. Nat. 35.41 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.42 |
