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Christ crucified from a Processional Cross, by the circle of Roger of Helmarshausen, Lower Saxony, c. 1100, cast bronze

Theophilus Presbyter (fl. c. 1070–1125) is the pseudonymous author or compiler of a Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts, a text commonly known as the Schedula diversarum artium ("List of various arts") or De diversis artibus ("On various arts"), probably first compiled between 1100 and 1120.

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Theophilus Presbyter

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Theophilus Presbyter (fl. c. 1070–1125) is the pseudonymous author or compiler of a Latin text containing detailed descriptions of various medieval arts...

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Theophilus

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Theophilos Hatzimihail (c. 1870–1934), Greek folk painter from Lesbos Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125), Benedictine monk, and author of the best-known medieval...

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Oil paint

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these ancient books and used the techniques in their own artworks. Theophilus Presbyter, a 12th-century German monk, recommended linseed oil but advocated...

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Flywheel

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the De diversibus artibus (On various arts) of the German artisan Theophilus Presbyter (ca. 1070–1125) who records applying the device in several of his...

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Jewellery design

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design shifted. The earliest documented gemstone cut was done by Theophilus Presbyter (c. 1070–1125), who practiced and developed many applied arts and...

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Investment casting

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process (Schedula Diversarum Artium) was written around 1100 A.D. by Theophilus Presbyter, a monk who described various manufacturing processes, including...

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Leonardo da Vinci

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are described in detail in the 12th-century text On Divers Arts by Theophilus Presbyter and in the early 15th-century text Il Libro Dell'arte O Trattato...

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Niello

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century onwards. The Mappae clavicula of about the 9th century, Theophilus Presbyter (1070–1125) and Benvenuto Cellini (1500–1571) give detailed accounts...

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Quenching

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rivers. Chapters 18-21 of the twelfth-century De diversis artis by Theophilus Presbyter mentions quenching, recommending amongst other things that 'tools...

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Red hair

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of lust, and claimed that 48% of "criminal women" were redheads. Theophilus Presbyter describes how the blood of a red-haired young man is necessary to...

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Basilisk

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basilisk, a theory developed a century later by Pietro d'Abano. Theophilus Presbyter gave a long recipe in his book, the Schedula diversarum artium, for...

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Draw plate

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descriptions of the method are the twelfth-century De diversis artibus by Theophilus Presbyter and the sixteenth-century De la pirotechnia by Vannoccio Biringuccio...

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Medieval stained glass

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manufacture is the De diversis artibus ("On various arts") composed by Theophilus Presbyter, a Benedictine monk believed by some scholars to be Roger of Helmarshausen...

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Roger of Helmarshausen

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Schedula diversarum artium), which is ascribed to the pseudonymous Theophilus Presbyter. This suggestion is not universally accepted, but has been supported...

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Lead glass

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Diversarum Artium (List of Sundry Crafts), the author known as "Theophilus Presbyter" describes its use as imitation gemstone, and the title of a lost...

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Gothic architecture

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windows was described in detail by the 12th-century monk known as Theophilus Presbyter. The glass of each colour was melted with the oxide, blown, shaped...

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Buddhas of Bamiyan

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of oil paint in Europe, which is fully described in a treatise by Theophilus Presbyter of 1100–1120, and may date back to the Ancient Romans. See: Rutherford...

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Came glasswork

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reinforcement. Theophilus Presbyter, the first to write about joining art glass using the came technique in the book De Divers Artibus. Theophilus was a Benedictine...

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Engraved gem

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antiquity. A medieval guide to gem-carving techniques survives from Theophilus Presbyter. Byzantine cutters used a flat-edged wheel on a drill for intaglio...

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Forest glass

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descriptions of European glassmaking in medieval times. In 1120 Theophilus Presbyter, writing in Germany, gave detailed recipes and instructions and in...

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Paint

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Wayback Machine, Rosella Lorenzi, Discovery News. Feb. 19, 2008. Theophilus Presbyter Book I ch. 25 Barbera, Giocchino (2005). Antonello da Messina, Sicily's...

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Trier Cathedral Treasury

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); Helmarshausen Evangeliarium, written in Helmarshausen Abbey by Theophilus Presbyter (Helmarshausen, c. 1100); Pericope Book of Kuno II von Falkenstein...

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Stained glass

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firing. Contrary to the optimistic claims of the 12th century writer Theophilus Presbyter, cold paint is not very durable, and very little medieval paint has...

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History of jewellery in Ukraine

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Destruction of Kiev, University of Toronto Research Repository Brepohl, E. Theophilus Presbyter und das mittelalterliche Kunsthandwerk. Cologne, 1999. (2 volumes)...

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Stained glass windows of Chartres Cathedral

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cathedral and bringing his own stock of glass with him. The monk Theophilus Presbyter described glass-production in minute detail early in the 12th century...

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List of encyclopedias by date

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universale, by Radulfus Ardens De diversis artibus, compiled 1100-1120 by Theophilus Presbyter Manasollasa composed by king Someshvara III of the Western Chalukya...

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Chemical coloring of metals

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clavicula, which was dated between the 9th and 12th centuries, and Theophilus Presbyter's work De Diversis Artibus, which was dated to the 12th century. At...

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