yi CONTENTS. 



CHAP. Piifre 



8. Particulars connected with the equestrian order . . . . H3 



9. How often the name of the equestrian order has been changed 85 



10. Gifts for military services, in gold and silver . . . . . . 86 



11. At what period the first crown of gold was presented . . ib. 



12. Other uses made of gold, by females .. .. .. .. 87 



13. Coins of gold. At what periods copper, gold, and silver, were 



first impressed. How copper was used before gold and 

 silver were coined. "What was the largest sum of money 

 possessed by any one at the time of our first census. How 

 often, and at what periods, the value of copper and of ' 



coined money has been changed . . . . . . . . 88 



14. Considerations on man's cupidity for gold . . .. . . 91 



15. The persons who have possessed the greatest quantity of gold 



and silver . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93 



16. At what period silver first made its appearance upon the arena 



and upon the stage . . . . . . . . . . . . 94 



17. At what periods there was the greatest quantity of gold and 



silver in the treasury of the Roman people . . . . 9-5 



18. At what period ceilings were first gilded .. .. .. if>. 



19. For what reasons the highest value is set upon gold ., ,, 96 



20. The method of gilding .. .." 98 



21. How gold is found 99 



22. Orpiment 104 



23. Electrum lOo 



24. The first statues of gold ib. 



25. Eight remedies derived from gold .. .. .. .. 106 



26. Chrysocolla 107 



27. The use made of chrysocolla in painting . . .. .. 108 



28. Seven remedies derived from chrysocolla .. .. .. 110 



29. The chrysocolla of the goldsmiths, known also as santerna . . ib. 



30. The marvellous operations of nature in soldering metallic 



substances, and bringing them to a state of perfection . , 111 



31. Silver tb. 



32. Quicksilver 113 



33. Stimmi, stibi, alabastrum, larbasis, or platy-ophthalmon .. 115 



34. Seven remedies derived from stimmi . . . . . . . . ib. 



35. The scoria of silver. Six remedies derived from it .. .. 116 



36. Minium : for what religious purposes it was used by the 



ancients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 



37. The discovery and origin of minium 120 



38. Cinnabaris . . . . . . . . . , . . . . ib. 



39. The employment of cinnabaris in painting .. .. .. 121 



40. The various kinds of minium. The use made of it in painting ib. 



41. Hydrargyros. Remedies derived from minium .. .. 124 



42. The method of gilding silver . . . . . . . . . . ib. 



43. Touchstones for testing gold .. .. .. .. .. 125 



44. The different kinds of silver, and the modes of testing it . . ib. 



45. Mirrors .. .. .. 126 



46. Egyptian silver .. .. .. .. ., .. 128 



