TAA i.3.13.1

Notebook
TAA i.3.13 (gesso)
Page number
1
Caption
Gesso
Creator
Howard Carter
Date of creation
1922 – 1939
Material
Paper
Pencil
Measurements
11.6 x 8.1 cm (h x w)
Notes

Howard Carter's handwritten manuscript notes on components of gypsum, whiting and chalk.

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University of Oxford

Transcription

Gesso = gypsum.

 

a prepared surface of plaster

as a ground for painting.
Gypsum
Hydrous calcium sulphate,

the mineral from which plaster

of Paris is made.
Whiting - a preparation of finely

powdered chalk, used for whitewashing.

 

Chalk consisting of carbonate

of lime with some impurities.