Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari the Palace of Westminster

the Palace of Westminster

CANCROMA COCHLEARIA

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Inscribed: 'GravÚ d'apres l'orginal peint par Ely par Jouannin

Calx carbonata mb-artistname Giorgio Vasari the Palace of WestminsterSpecimen of marble, here termed 'variegated limestone; or Tirie marble', with figures showing darker crystals and impurities. Tiree is the westernmost of the Inner Hebrides of Argyllshire in Scotland and is where this decorative stone was quarried. Plate 79 from British mineralogy: or coloured figures intended to elucidate the mineralogy of Great Britain, by James Sowerby, volume 1 (London, R. Taylor & Co., 1804). The accompanying text states that