The alchemy of paint: art, science, and secrets from the Middle Ages

Ch. 1. Colour : dyes, pigments, and metals

Ch. 2. Ultramarine : from over the seas

Ch. 3. Vermilion : towards the philosophers' stone

Ch. 4. Metallic blues : the powers of the planets

Ch. 5. Dragonsblood : the fruit of mortal combat

Ch. 6. Gold : the riches of the unknown

Ch. 7. Colour : the other side - Ch. 8. Vermilion : the sublime, crystallised

Ch. 9. Gold : the love that conquers death

Ch. 10. The science of colour : epilogue

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