17. At what periods there was the greatest quantity of gold and silver in the treasury of the Roman people 95
18. At what period ceilings were first gilded _ib._
19. For what reasons the highest value is set upon gold 96
27. The use made of chrysocolla in painting 108
28. Seven remedies derived from chrysocolla 110
29. The chrysocolla of the goldsmiths, known also as santerna _ib._
30. The marvellous operations of nature in soldering metallic substances, and bringing them to a state of perfection 111
33. Stimmi, stibi, alabastrum, larbasis, or platy-ophthalmon 115
34. Seven remedies derived from stimmi _ib._
35. The scoria of silver. Six remedies derived from it 116
36. Minium: for what religious purposes it was used by the ancients 119
37. The discovery and origin of minium 120
39. The employment of cinnabaris in painting 121
40. The various kinds of minium. The use made of it in painting _ib._
41. Hydrargyros. Remedies derived from minium 124
44. The different kinds of silver, and the modes of testing it _ib._
47. Instances of immense wealth. Persons who have possessed the greatest sums of money 129
48. At what period the Roman people first made voluntary contributions 131
49. Instances of luxury in silver plate _ib._
50. Instances of the frugality of the ancients in reference to silver plate 132
51. At what period silver was first used as an ornament for couches 134
52. At what period silver chargers of enormous size were first made. When silver was first used as a material for sideboards. When the sideboards called tympana were first introduced _ib._
53. The enormous price of silver plate 135
55. The most remarkable works in silver, and the names of the most famous artists in silver 138
56. Sil: The persons who first used it in painting and the method they adopted 140
58. Two remedies derived from cæruleum 143
7. Ornaments of the temples made of brass 153
9. Which was the first statue of a god made of brass at Rome. The origin of statues, and the respect paid to them 154
10. The different kinds and forms of statues. Statues at Rome with cuirasses 155
11. In honour of whom public statues were first erected: in honour of whom they were first placed on pillars: when the rostra were first erected 156