Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Italian term or phrase:
Bianco di piombo detto anche biacca
English translation:
White lead
Italian term
Bianco di piombo detto anche biacca
| 4 +4 | White lead |
SofieM
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| ceruse / white lead |
Gian
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May 30, 2013 12:46: Russell Jones changed "Term asked" from "Bianco di piombo detto anche \"biacca\"" to "Bianco di piombo detto anche biacca"
Non-PRO (1): Catherine Bolton
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Proposed translations
White lead
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Note added at 34 mins (2013-05-30 13:16:26 GMT)
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If you google "biacca", the first hit that you will get will be the first link I have referred to, also pointed out by philgoddard.
Why is it that you can't trust Google?? All you have to do is use your common sense when searching for terms. If you don't trust Google, then you shouldn't rely on the answers you get in this forum, because I'll bet that 99,9% of the answers and responses given here are based on searching through Google or other search engines...
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_lead
http://www.webexhibits.org/pigments/indiv/overview/leadwhite.html
| Because I cannot completely trust Google, got that and researched it too but did not find Biacca, I know it was called like that but did not know if I had to leave it like that |
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philgoddard
: Yes, the first Google hit is the Italian Wikipedia article that links to the English one.
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Russell Jones
: discovered this when translating lecture tour notes on Botticelli's head drawings.
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Gian
: anche su Diz. Tecnico Marolli - Anche "ceruse"
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Arabella Fiona Palladino
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Reference comments
ceruse / white lead
www.woodworkingtalk.com › ... › Wood Finishing
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03/feb/2012 – I saw this ceruse technique on million dollar contractor and am thinking about doing it for my wine cabinet. It's very hard to find a lot of ...
| thank you; that is what I found too & confused me, and why I asked |
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