[Scriptoris] Book: TRADE IN ARTIST'S MATERIALS:

[Hillary Greenslade]

Forwarded from another list,  book info.  
A bit pricey at $160.00 on Amazon, but perhaps worth an interlibrary loan viewing in order to check out the chapters of interest to your art medium.  
Enjoy, Hillary
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[MR] New Book on Artists' Materials 
Posted by: "Garth Groff by way of Shane B" shaneb at ij.net   shane1bb 
Tue May 1, 2012 6:55 pm (PDT) 


Noble Friends, and Atlantian Artists,

New at the UVA Fine Arts Library: TRADE IN ARTIST'S MATERIALS: 
MARKETS AND COMMERCE IN EUROPE TO 1700, edited by Jo Kirby, Susie 
Nash and Joanna Cannon (ISBN 9781904982258; our call number N8530 
.T83 2010). This massive book (489 pages!) contains contributed 
articles from a conference held in 2005. Its 28 papers discuss the 
marketing and transport of various artists supplies during the middle 
ages and somewhat beyond. Topics covered include production and sale 
of pigments, oak boards, alabaster, parchment, and much more, in 
countries ranging from Italy to Norway, and most places in between. 
The text is lavishly illustrated with color illuminations and 
monochrome engravings, maps, facsimiles, and the occasional modern 
photo. Each paper has its own bibliography, plus both a glossary and 
an extensive index complete the work. This is a book filled with 
useful background material and history our Scadian artists and 
illumators should not miss.

Yours Aye,
Lord Mungo Napier, Shire of Isenfir's Unofficial Librarian
(aka Garth Groff, UVA Cataloging and Metadata Services Dept.)