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Excellent Sand from Alabaster
The search for an “excellent” molding sand preoccupied the author-practitioner of Ms. Fr. 640. Fol. 83r contains an entry for an “Excellent sand” made with calcined alabaster powder. This essay examines why the author-practitioner might have believed that alabaster would make an excellent mold material.
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- July 23, 2026
