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churches of the Milanese. The green of Florence 

 belongs to the magnesian, as does the verde-di- 

 Prado, so called from the little town of Prado, 

 but; as others say, from Corsica*. Slate blue, 

 veined with brown, from Margorre. Of Brema, 

 yellow, with white spots. Light red, spotted with 

 white, from the Veronese. Bluish grey, or what 

 is called blue, of Rosso f. White, with little spots, 

 and dots of blood red, from Luni. The yellow of 

 Sienna is one of those called brocatelli, or em- 

 broidered, the colour resembling the yolk of an 

 egg, in large irregular spots, surrounded with 

 veins of a dull purple. The commerce with Li- 

 vorno, strangely corrupted by our seamen into 

 Leghorn, has rendered this marble very common 

 in England. It is certainly beautiful, but far in- 

 ferior to the green of Anglesea, or the rose, spot- 

 ted with green, from Tirey. Yellow, veined with 

 black, also from the neighbourhood of Sienna J. 

 The curious marble of Florence, stained with re- 

 semblances of ruins, &c. and which, with the den- 

 dritic, might be styled pictorial, being framed like 



* What is called the Egyptian green, is a polzevera from the 

 vicinity of Genoa. It is so called because it resembles the verd 

 tmtique, which was supposed to come from Egypt. See Da Costa, 

 p. 200. Patrin says it is from Carrara. 



f The pauonazzo should be i\ purple, or dark blue. 



% At a place about nine miles distant, called Mont Arrenti, at 

 the head of the vale of Rosia. 



