A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tion of earthenvessels, but would be almost the only tools appli-cable for making Dii fictiles, or gods of bakedearth, and other entire figures. (Propert. ii. 3. 25,iv. ; Plin. H. N. xxxv. 45, 46 ; Sen. Cons, adAlb. 10 ; 4k tttjAov, 6tvtt)s 777s, 2. § 4, i. 3. § 1, vii. 22. § 6.) These wereamong the earliest efforts of the plastic art, andeven in times of the greatest refinement andluxury they continued to be regarded with reve-rence. Vessels of all kinds were very frequently fur-nished with at least one handle {ansa, ovas
A dictionary of Greek and Roman . tion of earthenvessels, but would be almost the only tools appli-cable for making Dii fictiles, or gods of bakedearth, and other entire figures. (Propert. ii. 3. 25,iv. ; Plin. H. N. xxxv. 45, 46 ; Sen. Cons, adAlb. 10 ; 4k tttjAov, 6tvtt)s 777s, 2. § 4, i. 3. § 1, vii. 22. § 6.) These wereamong the earliest efforts of the plastic art, andeven in times of the greatest refinement andluxury they continued to be regarded with reve-rence. Vessels of all kinds were very frequently fur-nished with at least one handle {ansa, ovas, 3>s).The Amphora was called Diota, because it hadtwo. The name of the potter was commonlystamped upon the handle, the rim, or some otherpart. Of this we have an example in the amphora,adapted for holding grain or fruits, oil or wine,which is here introduced from the work of SerouxdAgincourt. The figure on the right hand showsthe name in the genitive case Maturi, im-pressed on an oblong surface which is seen on thehandle of the The earth used for making pottery (KepdpLKriyv, Geopon. ii. 49) was commonly red, and oftenof so lively a colour as to resemble coral. Vau-qnelin found, by analysis, that a piece of Etruscanearthenware contained the following ingredients: —Silica, 53 ; alumina, 15 ; lime, 8 ; oxide of iron,24. To the great abundance of the last constitu-ent the deep red colour is to be attributed. Otherpottery is brown or cream-coloured, and sometimeswhite. The pipe-clay, which must have been usedfor white ware, is called figlina creta. (Varro,Re Bust. iii. 9.) Some of the ancient earthenwareis throughout its substance black, an effect pro-duced by mixing the earth with comminuted as-phaltum (gagates), or with some other bituminousor oleaginous substance. It appears also that as-phaltum, with pitch and tar, both mineral andvegetable, was used to cover the surface like a var-nish. In the finer kinds of earthenware this var-nish served as a black paint,
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