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Early Methods of Oil Painting

Nature volume 112, pages 882–883 (1923)Cite this article

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IT is evident both from the manuscript of Theo-philus and the manuscript of Eraclius that the properties of such drying oils as linseed oil and walnut oil were thoroughly understood as early as' the I2th century, if not earlier.

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LAURIE, A. Early Methods of Oil Painting. Nature 112, 882–883 (1923). https://doi.org/10.1038/112882b0

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