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wl,ue fhadows are to be: and

aflcr

he: h;lS engra\'cn

Wilh

,he chiffd al! (he firokcs thus

uril.wn,

fiJls

thcm

with a blnk n,,!líc, rompofed p"tly of burgundy–

¡,¡teh poured on hat; l.tking ofi"

Olfluwards

what is

fU?t'T

Rucus

Wilh

a pinc of

t'O(,

(tone

brick, which,

tog' ther with water

il.nJ

bcatcn ccment, takes

:h vtly

(he:

m,¡fiic,

polifhcs

lhe

mal

1.>1<"

and rcnders the whole

fa e,'en {hat one would im"t;inc

lInfy

conliHed

one

piece.

Th¡~

is ,he kincl of moraic·wórk ,hilt is

r~c:n

in ,he

pompolU

church

,he: im'alids

París,

and (he

fine

ch<lple

Vcr(¡illn , witll which fome eotire

il.partmcnts

{h u

\)lla~c

are

iAcrufl:ucd.

foc

Olo("ic ,w(H"k

of precious flones, othcr 3nd

finer in(l. uments

il.re

r:.:quirt:d th:m thore \lfed in mar·

ble; as drills, whcels, 6&. \lfed

lapilianes anJ en·

gravers en llone.

none bUI the richefl. marbles and

Hones

enter

lh~

work, tO

m~ke

them

the fanhcr,

they are fawD into lhe thinncll Icaves im 'ginabJe, !caree

cxcceding hal( a line in thiekn, fs ; the bloek to be

fawn is fallened firmly with eords

the beneh, and

oilly Tai(ed

litde on ·

piece of wood. one or two

jnchcs high . Two iron pins, which are on one fide the

block, and which (eTve

faUcn

ir,

are pUl iota

vice

contrioed (or the pu rpófe; and with a kind of raw or

buw;

made o( fine brafs·wire, bent on a piece

fpongy

wood,

togclhc:r with emery fleeped in water, the leaf

is gradually (. lhioned by following the IIroke o( the

derogn, made on paper, .nd glued on th. piece. When

there

are

pieees enough {allened to form an entire Aower,

or fome other pan o( Ihe derogn, they are .pplied to

the ground.

The ground which fuppon. rhi.

mof.ic-

work is

..ru.lly-of (roe-(lone. The ma«er with which the (lone.

are

joined together, is

maflic, or kind of Clueco,

laid

very tbin on the Jcaves as they are falbioned; and

this being done, the lraves are applied with plyers.

If any contour, 'or fide of a leaC, be nOI either

{qu2red or rOllnded fufli ci<ntly, fo as

fil the place

exalUy. ioto which it is to

inCened, when it i5 too

large. it i. to be brought dOlVn with

brafs file or rafp;

and if ir be too liule, ir is m. n. ged lVith

drill and

othe,. io(1 ruments ufed by lilpidaries.

Mo{aic· work of mal ble is ufed in Jarge IVork., as in

pavements of churcnes, bafili". and palac-es ;

aod

lhe ¡ncru(latíon and vaneering

1.he

w:tlli

of the f""le

edific...

Cor that

prrcious llones, it

ool y ufed in

fm.dl

works,

ornamentS Cor altar.pieces, tabJes for

t"ich cabint"t! , preciou! llones beinA fa 'tery

de~r.

JI/ofll1er

pt rf'Jrming

Mos Al e

WORK

o/"KYP/ tJ1JI.

Ihis Itone cakined

a .kilo, ano beaten in a man ar,

and Cift ed, the French workmco m.lke

faTI of ani4

licial n13.rbles, imitating precious {lones;

ami

theCe

they compofe: a kind of mofaic· work, which does not

come far Olon either of the

t~u rabkne fs

or the viva 4

t¡ty of

lhe

n.ttural nones;

and \\

¡eh berides has this

?dvilnta~c,

lh:u it ad mits of continutd

pi(ces

or rilint4

;nc,

l ntire compartimcnts wilhout

t\ny

vdible joi niog.

Sorne m..ke die grol1nd of plaller of París

olhcrs of

\'OL.

JI!. 1';°.82.

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free rlone.

it be of plArler of Paris, they fprcad it

in a wood. n frame, of the length and breadth qf .he

\'-ork intended, and io thicknc(s auout an ¡och and a

halr. This

frame is (o contrived, thar [he lenohs be·

ing only joined to the mortife. by fingle pin., thcy

may be taken "runder, 2nd Ihe frame

di(mounted.

wheon the plilCler is dry.

Thc

frame is covtred

one:

liJe wíth

flrollg linen cloth, nailed

round, which

being placed

horil.ont~lJy

with lhe

Jirtcñ

at the boltom,

is fill ed with planer p.•

¡r, d

lhrough a \Vide fi eve.

When rhe plaller is half dry, ¡he (rame is fe! up per–

penuil..\Jlarly. aod left liJl jt iS..t¡uite dry; then it

is ta ..

keo

01H ,

by taking the

{rame

tOpieces.

In this mofaic, the grou nd is rhemoO importanr part.

N o\V in arder to the preparalion of this fifted gypfum.

which is to be applicd

0 0

this ground, it is ddTol ved

and boiled in the·befl Englifh elll', and mixed witn

the colonr that it i5 tO be of; theo

the

\Vhole is :work·

tOgeth~r

ioto the ufu.1confirlen« of planer, and

then is token and fpread on .rhe ground 60e or fi><

inches rhick. If the IVork be fu ch, as th" moulding'

are required, theyare l'i.rmed with gouges ••d othec

inf!rumenu.

I t is on this plarler, thus coloured like mar ble or

precious Ilone, and which is to (er'1e as

ground

to a

work, eitheT

lapi!, agace, alaballer, or lhe like,

tha, the delign ro be reprel"ented is

dr.wn

; having beeB

lir(l pounced or calqued. T o hollow or im·pref, the

derogn, they ufe rhe fame inrlruments tha,

fculptor~

do;

Ihe ground whereon they are to work not being

much lefs

h.rd

than the marble itfel(. T he c..ities

being thus

m.de

in rhe eround. are fill ed with

,¡;~

Came

gypfum boiled in glue, only differently coloured, and

thu! are lhe dilTerent colou rs of ,he original rep:e ...

[eoted. In Grder thilt lhe necefTary colours and teints

may be ready at hand, the qu.ntitie. of the gypfum

are

tempered with lhe feTeral colours

pots .

A fter thc dcfign ha. been thus filled and rendcred

vi~ l>le.

by half-poliOling it lVith brick and (oft lIone.

they

over it agaio, ClHting (uch plates as are either

to be

weaker or more lbadowed, and

ñlling

them with

gypfum

which work they repeat , t¡JI

all

lhe eolours

being add(:d one ¡fter the other, reprefent the origi–

nal tO the life.

When the \vork is 6oiO ..d, they frollr

wi.h {of,

Clone, fJod, and water

aCter that, wilh

pumict ..

(lone; and in the lall place polllh it with. a woodeB

muller and <mery . Then, I>A ly. they give it . Iu–

nre, by (mearing it

o\'er

Wi fh oíl, and rubhing it a

long time wit'h fh e

p~Jm

of the haod, "hich gi'tes

luO re no

Wi\ys

inftrior

lhat or natural martfle.

MO SAMA IQ!JE, the cApit.1of a provinee of the fame

name in Z.lnguebar. in Afli'::1, fi tuated on

:lO

iíl.ind

at rhe mouth

, he

ri.er

Molombique:

Ion. 40°_

lar. •

,0.

MOSCJ·IUS, • genu, of q u.d n1I'cJ. of .he oro« o( pe–

cort\,

h;t \'ing

no horos ; the

c.:anine

tecth of the Il pper

jawHe t'xertcd. T here are

Ihret

fpccjcs,

vi= .

' .

The

moCchifl..rus, or

~ n:m~I ,

has

bag

0 '

pd Jide

neo;¡r

lhe

navel,

in which

the pe, fume cítJled DlUík is

cODl ained.

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