Ceruse

All experienced artisans know that ceruse is not easily penetrated by oil, and one is often required to begin to grind it in water. ❋ Unknown (2006)

There were no labels on the bottles; the little leaden capsules placed over the corks alone bore an inscription, and they were coated with a kind of ceruse, doubtless to ensure preservation. ❋ ��mile Zola (1871)

Theo, who tried to sit quietly while Teddy painted his face with Venetian ceruse, announced, “The queen is with child.” ❋ Priya Parmar (2011)

There is a passage about lead, as ceruse or as minium, as the basis to imitate all colored gems. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Watin used the example of ceruse, a lead-based pigment that absorbs water readily. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Metallic colors — for example, ceruse, lead white, verdet — have no odor by themselves. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Procédé pour remplacer la ceruse et le minium dans la composition de l'émail des poteries. ❋ Unknown (2006)

At left, from top to bottom, are first the pure yellows and then the pure reds, moving from lightest (ceruse) through atramentum fuliginosti, a dark red-brown. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Note 48: "Sieur Espalier sur ceruse, minium, et manufacture de huile de vitriol," 15 January 1765, AN F/12/2424. back ❋ Unknown (2006)

He did not describe how he equalized or made the colors comparable, but it may have been by adding white lead or ceruse to the pigment-oil mixture. ❋ Unknown (2006)

Painters debated the relative merits of lead white, ceruse, zinc white, and white clay. ❋ Unknown (2006)

So much have all times attributed to this element, to be conveniently provided of it: although Galen hath taken exceptions at such waters, which run through leaden pipes, ob cerussam quae in iis generatur, for that unctuous ceruse, which causeth dysenteries and fluxes; [2916] yet as Alsarius Crucius of Genna well answers, it is opposite to common experience. ❋ Unknown (2007)

For the rust of iron is slow in forming, but the turning into Crocus Martis is immediate; and it is the same with verdigris and ceruse; crystal is produced by a long process, while glass is blown at once; stones take a long time to grow, while bricks are quickly baked. ❋ Unknown (2005)

“Perhaps a little ceruse?” he suggests, applying the thick white base. ❋ Sandra Gulland (2001)

I sat before my looking glass, fingering the ring the Pope had given me, watching as I was slowly transformed: my bosom and face whitened with ceruse “Venetian—the finest, mixed with egg white, much preferred over powdered pig bone,” Isabey said in all seriousness, veins lightly delineated with blue liner, cheeks rouged with Spanish Red, eyebrows defined with black lead. ❋ Sandra Gulland (2001)

Caroline flushed on hearing the news—her heated complexion visible even through a thick layer of ceruse. ❋ Sandra Gulland (2001)