59/59 121; the sonnets on the months by Cene dalla Chitarra, _Poeti del Primo Secolo,_ vol.ii.pp. 196-207; the epithet "Molles Senae," given by Beccadelli; and the remarks of De Comines. In tempera painting the colours were mixed with egg, gum, and other vehicles dissolved in water, and laid upon a dry ground. In fresco painting the colours, mixed only with water, were laid upon plaster while still damp. The latter process replaced the former for wall-paintings in the fourteenth century.. |