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- Title
Making and Using Alum in Hispanic Craft Recipe Books from the Fifteenth and Sixteenth Centuries.
- Authors
de la Llave, Ricardo órdoba
- Abstract
Recipe books and technical manuals from fifteenth and sixteenth century Spain contain abundant references to the use of alum. These citations refer to its primary use as a mordant in dyeing and to its secondary uses, including leather tanning. Reference to its use as a mordant in dyeing is found in the Dyeing Handbook by Joanot Valero, a text written in the dyers workshop of Saint Maurice (Valencia) at the end of the fifteenth century. Its use as a material for leather tanning is witnessed in the Book of Tradesfrom the monastery of Guadalupe, which also dates to the late fifteenth century, and contains an Ordinances section showing its use for the tanning and dyeing of different hides. Other applications of alum in metallurgical processes, illumination and ink making are found in separated recipes contained in fifteenth and sixteenth century medical or other manuscripts from Spanish libraries.
- Subjects
ALUM industry; ALUM; TANNING (Hides &; skins); ALUM mines &; mining; DYES &; dyeing; SPANISH history; 16TH century Spanish history; FIFTEENTH century; HISTORY
- Publication
Icon: Journal of the International Committee for the History of Technology, 2015, Vol 21, p51
- ISSN
1361-8113
- Publication type
Article