| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.53 | Plin. Nat. 35.54 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.55 |
Of eretria, or Eretrian [Note] earth, there are also the same number of varieties; one white, and the other of an ashy colour, this last being preferred in medicine. To be good, this earth should be of a soft consistency, and when rubbed upon copper it should leave a violet tint. The virtues of cretria in a medicinal point of view, and the methods of using it, have been already mentioned [Note] in our description of the pigments.
| Pliny the Elder, Natural History (English) (XML Header) [genre: prose] [word count] [lemma count] [Plin. Nat.]. | ||
| <<Plin. Nat. 35.53 | Plin. Nat. 35.54 (Latin) | >>Plin. Nat. 35.55 |
