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fhoulders; his eyes green and glittering; his brows full of wrin-»
kles and green fpots; his breaft all overgrown with greenifh fea-
weeds or mofs; his belly, and from thence downwards, fifh-like,
full of fins and fcales.
To ■paint GLOBES, &c. of various colours. Put warm gum
water into a Globe, and roll it about in it, fo that it be wetted
all over; then put it out again ; then, your colours being all rea-
dy, with or through a hollow pipe, blow them into the Globe.
1. Vermilion to reprefent clouds or wavings.
2. Powder of blue enamel.
3. Powder of copper fcales.
4. Orpiment in powder.
5. Lake in fine powder.
6. Water gold in powder.
7. Leaf filver in powder, or any other colours you like bet-
ter. You may blow them to what parts of the Globe you pleafe,
by directing the pipe accordingly. Having done this, put a good
quantity of plaifter in fine powder into the Globe, and make it
well all over, before and till the gum water is dry, and fo will it
ftick faft round about; and what remains loofe make it out, and
fo will the outfide of the Globe be finely marbled and coloured.
To make the gum water. Put two ounces of gum arabic
or rather mouth glue in a oxuart of fair water, let it digeft for two
or three days in warm water; then boil it gently till all is melt-
ed, and ftrain it through a flannel while it is hot, and keep it for
ufe.
GLORY, is reprefented, in painting, by a beautiful woman j
the upper part of her body is almoft naked ; fhe bears a fphere,
whereon are the twelve figns and a little image, holding a palm
in one hand, and a garland in the other.
Her nakednefs intimates, that fhe needs no painting, her ac-
tions always being expofed to view; the fphere, that mundane
confiderations do not fo oblige her to heroic actions as the celef-
tial do. The tokens of victory fhe holds, intimate, that thefe
two are infeparable, the one produces the other.
Glory of princes, is reprefented, in painting, as a very beau-
tiful lady with a golden circle about her forehead, interwoven
with many preciousjewels ; her golden locks fignify the magna-
nimous thoughts that pofTefs the minds of princes. She holds a
pyramid fignifying their glory in caufing magnificent fabrics to
be erected, fignalifing them to poflerity.
GLUE, a tenacious vifcid matter, which ferves as a cement
to bind or conneel divers things together. f
There are divers kinds of Glues made ufe of in divers arts, as
the common Glue ; glove Glue ; parchment Glue; but the two
lair, are more properly called fize.
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fhoulders; his eyes green and glittering; his brows full of wrin-»
kles and green fpots; his breaft all overgrown with greenifh fea-
weeds or mofs; his belly, and from thence downwards, fifh-like,
full of fins and fcales.
To ■paint GLOBES, &c. of various colours. Put warm gum
water into a Globe, and roll it about in it, fo that it be wetted
all over; then put it out again ; then, your colours being all rea-
dy, with or through a hollow pipe, blow them into the Globe.
1. Vermilion to reprefent clouds or wavings.
2. Powder of blue enamel.
3. Powder of copper fcales.
4. Orpiment in powder.
5. Lake in fine powder.
6. Water gold in powder.
7. Leaf filver in powder, or any other colours you like bet-
ter. You may blow them to what parts of the Globe you pleafe,
by directing the pipe accordingly. Having done this, put a good
quantity of plaifter in fine powder into the Globe, and make it
well all over, before and till the gum water is dry, and fo will it
ftick faft round about; and what remains loofe make it out, and
fo will the outfide of the Globe be finely marbled and coloured.
To make the gum water. Put two ounces of gum arabic
or rather mouth glue in a oxuart of fair water, let it digeft for two
or three days in warm water; then boil it gently till all is melt-
ed, and ftrain it through a flannel while it is hot, and keep it for
ufe.
GLORY, is reprefented, in painting, by a beautiful woman j
the upper part of her body is almoft naked ; fhe bears a fphere,
whereon are the twelve figns and a little image, holding a palm
in one hand, and a garland in the other.
Her nakednefs intimates, that fhe needs no painting, her ac-
tions always being expofed to view; the fphere, that mundane
confiderations do not fo oblige her to heroic actions as the celef-
tial do. The tokens of victory fhe holds, intimate, that thefe
two are infeparable, the one produces the other.
Glory of princes, is reprefented, in painting, as a very beau-
tiful lady with a golden circle about her forehead, interwoven
with many preciousjewels ; her golden locks fignify the magna-
nimous thoughts that pofTefs the minds of princes. She holds a
pyramid fignifying their glory in caufing magnificent fabrics to
be erected, fignalifing them to poflerity.
GLUE, a tenacious vifcid matter, which ferves as a cement
to bind or conneel divers things together. f
There are divers kinds of Glues made ufe of in divers arts, as
the common Glue ; glove Glue ; parchment Glue; but the two
lair, are more properly called fize.
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