acorn 206, 211, 222, 230, 231
Adam 109, 114, 143, 227
Afghanistan 28, 15, 56, 57, 60, 69
Agricola, Georgius 22
Alberti, Leon Battista 49, 50, 124, 126, 216
Albertus Magnus 26, 113, 134, 136, 138, 188, 189, 191, 194, 197
alchemical 19, 22, 27, 40, 46, 48, 49, 56, 87, 98, 100, 191, 209, 225, 238
alchemy 13, 16, 26, 37, 39, 43, 45, 47, 50, 59, 99, 195
Alexander the Great 89
Alfred the Great 47, 145, 146, 148, 149, 160, 166, 167, 198
aluminosilicate 55
alum 83, 85, 87
anthocyanin 212
Anne of Bohemia 108
apothecary 13, 53, 64, 69, 71, 123, 126
Apollo 101, 102
Aquinas, St Thomas 39, 67, 92, 105, 230, 232
arabesque 42, 191–3
Aristotle 20, 30, 40, 71, 89, 95, 102, 103, 115, 122, 129, 198
Arthur and Arthurian legend 120, 148, 158, 160, 161, 167
ash 17, 26, 27, 59, 91, 191, 230
Augustine, St 21, 114, 213
azurite 9, 11, 12, 55, 56, 59–66, 68–71, 82, 86, 87, 98, 121, 132, 137, 187, 211, 232, 236
Babur, Mughal emperor 57
Bacon, Francis 54
bird 71, 89, 90, 94, 129, 130, 190, 193, 233, 234
Blake, William 38
Boethius 145, 166, 186, 187
Bolingbroke, Henry 109, 157, 158, 165, 199
Bonaventure, St 42, 103, 114
Bosch, Hieronymus 47, 48, 50
bread 40, 182, 184
Britain 7, 23, 144, 153, 158, 159
Brutus 144, 145, 159, 167
carpenter 18, 114–16, 151, 169–78, 185, 191, 197, 199, 204, 206, 222
causes 95–7, 100–102, 163, 189, 212
Cennini, Cennino 26, 30, 45, 47, 49, 56, 59, 60, 65, 101, 122, 125, 127, 131, 183, 192
chaff 62, 65, 89, 137
chalk 45, 46, 47, 17, 82, 83, 155, 180, 207, 209
chalk, Santonian 207
Chaucer, Geoffrey 14, 17–19, 21, 23, 26, 29, 35, 40, 43, 45, 50, 77, 79, 80, 85, 88, 89, 93, 94, 102, 108, 109, 124, 134, 143, 156, 165, 166, 184, 198, 200, 209, 217, 218, 220–22, 229, 235, 239
chlorophyll 211, 212
Christ 35, 48, 52, 16, 31, 36, 39, 57, 92, 98, 103, 108, 114–16, 120, 131, 143, 148, 155, 160, 170–79, 182, 184, 185, 188, 190, 197, 200, 203, 209, 214, 218–21, 228, 236, 238, 239, 241
cinnabar 183
cochineal 19, 85, 168, 183, 213, 236
contemplation 14, 37, 38, 40, 94, 115, 121, 126, 135, 136, 178, 198, 199, 220, 225, 243
copper 55, 56, 82, 102, 151, 213, 217, 230, 231, 236
corruption 42, 33, 37, 117, 155, 156, 187, 194, 197, 238
Cosmati pavement, Westminster Abbey 29, 31, 49, 151, 161–6, 169, 186
cosmology 12, 27, 45, 67, 100, 117, 131, 221
Cranach, Lucas 13, 47, 48, 50, 56, 231
cross 46, 52, 27, 31, 103, 116, 120, 145–7, 190, 200, 220, 222
Dante, Alighieri 18, 23, 44, 100, 105, 116, 120, 137, 155, 167, 168, 186, 187, 214, 232
dendrochronology 204
Destiny, Stone of 30, 141, 156–8, 160, 161, 164
Dominicans 26, 75, 92, 96, 99, 104, 105, 134, 150, 188, 200, 203, 209, 222, 235
drug 57, 58, 64, 83, 85
dung 2, 16, 17, 19, 21, 26, 30, 31, 33–8, 82, 95, 101, 183, 193, 194
Eckhart, Meister 30, 136, 227, 229
Edward I 151, 156–61, 168
Edward II 88, 168
Edward III 76, 84, 107, 143, 168
Edward the Confessor, St 109, 117, 120, 121, 128, 148–52, 157, 158, 169
egg 23, 24, 12, 17, 37, 40, 53, 64, 125, 128, 181, 198, 241, 244
Egypt 155–8, 164
elements 14, 18, 34, 39, 40, 49, 68, 71, 72, 122–5, 130–39, 161, 168, 212, 214, 216, 218, 229, 230, 232, 233, 235, 239, 243
Eliot, T. S. 10, 240
England 3, 47, 9, 23, 75, 79, 82, 84, 85, 107, 108, 120, 120, 141, 143, 145, 148, 150, 151, 154, 155, 158, 160, 163, 178, 181, 185, 193, 194, 201, 204, 206, 209, 211, 212, 226
ergot 90
Eriugena, John Scottus 198, 226
Eyck, Jan van 181, 221
fart 78–80, 88, 89, 196
Flamel, Nicolas 46, 47, 50, 184
flesh 1, 41, 12, 39, 105, 182, 184, 209, 223, 244
fool 38, 75, 89
forest 37, 117, 120, 205, 206, 219, 223
Fortune, goddess, Wheel of 162, 165, 166, 178, 197, 199
fox 88, 89
France 9, 42, 46, 69, 83, 101, 144, 145, 153
fraud 64, 84, 86
gargoyle 76, 77
Germany 16, 22, 48, 56, 69, 170
gilder 170, 191, 197, 199 296
glass 42, 26–8, 106, 116, 137, 153, 170, 172, 174, 185, 188, 189, 191–8, 207, 223, 225, 231
glazier 26, 151–3, 170, 191, 197, 199, 231
gold 42, 16, 23, 27, 38, 46, 56, 59, 60, 61, 83, 84, 86, 87, 94, 96, 98–103, 105, 121, 125–36, 151, 152, 165, 168, 170, 172, 174, 179, 185–7, 190–95, 207, 211, 213, 228, 229, 232–6
gold leaf 83, 86, 96, 152, 179, 191
gold mosaic 83, 86, 87, 98–100, 121
gold shell 86, 87, 94, 98, 100, 105, 191
graft 99, 100, 153, 238
gypsum 179, 180
Hamlet 14, 15, 20, 27, 41, 47, 89, 227
Harrison, William 84
heart 25, 36, 80, 92, 136, 148, 189
heartwood 204, 212
health 14, 32, 36, 41, 58, 213
Henry III 141, 149–53, 156, 160, 161, 163, 167, 168, 175, 178, 186
Henry IV see Bolingbroke, Henry
herb 28, 143
Hermes 42, 23, 25, 48, 112, 113, 134, 189, 190, 193, 196, 197, 216, 238
Herodotus 32
Hogarth, William 14
Holinshed, Raphael 109, 139, 167
Homer 44, 126, 144, 155
horse 22, 105, 112, 153, 163, 164, 207, 227
Hugh of St Victor 93, 99
humours 147, 198
hybrid 21, 22, 74, 75, 77, 89, 91–4, 99
imitation 42, 20, 67, 92, 147, 184–9
indigo 82, 168, 214, 239
infrared 8, 9, 53, 63
ink 43, 44, 82, 116, 154, 172, 178, 244
iron 22, 24, 25, 29, 43, 44, 82, 139, 151, 154, 172, 191, 217, 230
ivy 15
Janus 30
Jerusalem 145, 146, 148, 162, 167, 198
John the Baptist, St 98, 107, 109, 117, 121, 149, 200, 235
John the Evangelist, St 170, 171, 174–7, 179, 200, 235, 236, 238
joke 76, 77, 79, 80, 88, 89, 93, 105, 116, 177, 178, 185, 219
Julian of Norwich 22, 136, 187, 227, 230, 234
Jupiter 44
kermes 19, 35, 83, 85
Kilwardby, Robert 38, 66, 67
kiss 128, 203
koan 93, 185, 219
Langland, William 80
lapis 28, 42, 15, 55–60, 69, 125–7, 131–4, 136, 139, 154, 156, 187–90, 192–9, 243
lead 1, 2, 3, 41, 47, 11–42, 44, 48, 49, 55, 60, 66, 82, 83, 85, 92, 95, 100, 151–4, 168, 180, 182–4, 187, 189, 191–5, 209, 213, 214, 220, 222, 231, 241
leaves 14, 15–17, 19–22, 44, 116, 211, 212, 214, 216, 231
lime 17, 21
limit 25, 96, 99, 100, 105, 138, 146, 164, 220, 223, 226, 227
Lomazzo, Giovanni Paolo 40, 58, 123, 124, 126, 133
London 46, 14, 18, 36, 85, 108, 109, 141, 145–9, 151, 162, 198
Luke, St 13, 14, 31, 32, 48, 67, 95, 114
Macclesfield Psalter 5, 14–22, 48, 49, 73–106, 176, 181, 203, 214, 241
magic 19, 22, 34, 58, 132, 135, 160, 198, 235
Maid Marian 117, 223
manuals 10, 12, 14, 16, 19, 20–22, 26, 40, 43, 45, 48, 49, 55, 56, 61, 62, 65, 67, 82, 101, 154, 183, 214
Marco Polo 57, 105
Mabel of St Edmunds 152, 175
Mary 155, 170, 171, 174–7, 179, 200, 235, 236, 238
manure see dung
marble 151, 154–6, 161, 163, 164, 166, 191, 207, 213
Marbode of Rennes 58, 132, 133, 136, 139, 187
Mars 25, 44, 217, 218, 221, 229–31, 238
martial 25, 139, 230, 231
Matilda of Bexley 152, 191
Mayerne, Theodore Turquet de 14
Mercury 47, 238
mercury 183, 184, 194, 195, 209, 214
Merlin 22, 48, 139, 160, 161, 211, 235
metal 11–41, 46, 56, 68, 82, 84, 91, 95, 98, 100, 102, 128, 131, 172, 180, 182–9, 192–6, 213, 217, 241
metalworkers 151, 155
metaphysics 18, 99, 242
mettle 152
Metz Pontifical 4, 6–10, 12–13, 32, 50, 51, 54, 42–72, 75, 85, 180, 211, 241
miasma 195
mirror 67, 103, 106, 137, 138, 161, 175, 192, 193, 233
moon 79, 80, 123, 189, 192–7, 213
waxing 193, 195, 196
monster 90, 92, 93, 117, 163
mountain 47, 56, 57, 70, 139, 159, 166, 186, 190, 245
nature 16, 21, 25–30, 35, 37, 39, 55, 58, 67, 95, 99, 104, 106, 114, 128, 129, 133, 143, 175, 183, 192, 197, 198, 212, 213
Nature, Book of 56
nature, dual or double 24, 27–9, 38–40, 148, 182, 184, 193, 238
Nicholas of Cusa 223, 224–7, 229, 231, 236, 238, 239, 245
Norwich 75, 82, 85–7, 92, 96, 201, 207, 209
numbers 39, 112–16, 146, 147, 153, 228, 229
oak 14, 23, 24, 45, 16, 35, 43, 44, 112, 114, 116, 125, 153, 154, 170, 172, 191–4, 204–7, 212, 230, 231, 238
oak, Baltic 204–7, 230
oak, English 204, 206, 212, 230
ocean 135, 137, 144, 145, 216
Odysseus 15, 23, 38, 92, 144, 245, 246
oil 46, 12, 17, 40, 56, 59, 60, 181, 182, 191, 195, 197, 207, 236, 241
opaque 47, 45, 53, 66–8, 83
Origen 98
Ovid 25, 100–105, 214, 229, 238
Paradise 57, 68, 120, 127, 136, 143, 144, 158, 167, 168, 188, 190, 197, 220–22, 224–9, 232, 235, 236, 243, 244
Paris, France 7, 9, 43, 46, 67, 101, 150, 244
Paris, Judgment of 47, 56, 148
Paris, Matthew 149
paternoster 43, 60, 62
Paul, St 44, 106, 148, 149, 170, 200, 203, 235
Peter, St 1, 148, 149, 170, 190, 197, 200, 235
Petrus Bonus 26, 37, 67, 238
Phyllis 20, 89
planet 23, 25, 30, 161, 188, 189, 192, 193, 213
Plato 35, 104, 122, 147, 216
Pliny the Elder 16, 23–5, 29, 31, 213
Plotinus 133, 138, 197, 213
plumber 19, 151–4
poetry 18, 44, 58, 59, 80, 88, 102, 103, 132, 133, 139, 144, 160, 163–5
poison 38, 42
porphyry 49, 59, 161, 163, 164, 185, 186
prayer 48, 64, 75, 120, 133, 134, 136–9, 187, 198, 213, 230, 238, 243
Prester John 57
prison 58, 92, 108, 109, 139, 148
Prometheus 84
pyrites 134, 136, 192
putty 188, 189, 191, 192, 194, 195
qualities 14–18, 28, 40, 41, 58, 59, 123–6, 131, 132, 198, 212, 214, 234, 236
quarantine 36
rainbow 48, 39, 211, 214–17, 232, 235
recipe 16–39, 47, 60, 83, 122, 153
Rembrandt van Rijn 21, 54
Renaud de Bar 42, 56, 58, 63, 66, 69, 70, 75
Reynolds, Sir Joshua 52
Richard II 9, 80, 107–9, 112, 115–17, 120–22, 125–39, 141, 143, 145, 146, 148, 149, 154–69, 172, 174, 175, 178, 185–9, 193, 194, 198, 199, 213, 224, 228, 229, 233, 235
Richard of Eastcheap 151
Robin Hood 117, 223
rust 16, 25, 29, 34, 43, 82, 154, 193, 194, 241
saffron 84–5, 87, 96
salt 17, 187
sand 26, 27, 38, 153, 154, 191
Saturn 23, 25, 30, 44, 189, 192, 213
scanning electron microscope 8, 46, 60
science, modern 8, 16, 52, 55, 196, 211
traditional 29, 38, 40, 41, 47–9, 66, 67, 79, 84, 94, 122, 213, 242, 243, 246
Scotland 108, 109, 139, 144, 156–8
sea 100, 120, 135, 139, 143, 154, 155–7, 163, 166, 186, 193, 207, 213, 222, 245
seal 84, 195–7, 199, 209
secret 19–21, 26, 35, 38, 59, 73, 79, 80, 94, 122, 123, 135, 182, 185, 203, 209, 219, 220, 222, 225
sex 88, 89, 113, 114, 238
Shakespeare, William 14, 15, 18, 23, 25, 27, 32, 35, 38, 45, 79, 107–9, 113, 138, 139, 141, 143, 158, 165, 166, 223, 228
silver 3, 42, 22, 39, 56, 84, 101, 102, 120, 143, 151–4, 168, 189, 191–7, 213
silver leaf 191–5
sport 20, 94, 242
square root of two 114, 115, 150, 162, 169, 171
street 19, 85, 108, 145–7, 162, 167
Suger, Abbot 101–4, 187, 198, 230
sulphur 99, 183, 184, 194–6, 209, 214
sun 27, 35, 79, 80, 100, 101, 103, 138, 139, 144, 149, 158, 166, 192, 211, 216
symmetry 128, 129, 218, 219, 221, 228, 233, 236
synthetic 16, 55, 82, 83, 86, 183
tarnish 42, 106, 188, 193–7
Theophilus 16, 19, 22, 26, 29, 31–5, 39, 48, 49, 67, 101, 105, 183, 191
Thornham Parva Retable 43, 44, 46–8, 52, 200–39, 241
timber 114, 145, 153, 170, 204–7, 220, 230
time 10, 35, 62, 104, 162–4, 166, 178, 197, 198, 240
tomb 27–9, 35, 46, 108, 109, 156, 158
transparent 19, 45, 53, 55, 66–8, 82, 83, 85
tree 47, 11, 12, 26, 35, 44, 73, 88, 99, 100, 115, 116, 143, 170, 204–7, 211, 212, 216, 217, 222, 227, 231, 238
trial 19, 34, 36, 64, 68, 108, 109
triptych 112, 113, 203
Tyrian purple 238
ultramarine 9, 15, 49, 55, 59, 60, 64–71, 84, 86, 87, 94, 98, 100, 105, 121, 122, 125–39, 165, 179, 181, 187, 190, 192, 197, 227, 232, 233, 236
ultraviolet 8, 19, 75
unity 112, 113, 115, 122, 123, 137, 235, 236, 240, 241
unlucky 113–16, 126, 127, 129
urine 16, 17, 19, 26, 31–7, 183, 194
Vasari, Giorgio 13, 47
vein 22, 23, 56
Venice 36, 57, 233
Venus 47, 213, 217, 218, 221, 229–31, 238
vermilion 41, 47, 15, 49, 82, 86, 87, 94, 100, 105, 183, 184, 194, 207, 209, 214, 230
Verona 28, 33, 148
vice 28, 36, 117
vine 42, 82, 83, 91, 191–3, 238
vinegar 16, 17, 19, 26, 31–7, 154, 183, 194
virtue 27, 28, 58, 117, 139, 187
Vitruvius 16
Vulcan 101, 229
Wales 158, 159
washing 60–62, 136, 139, 160
wax 17, 34, 59, 60, 84, 125, 168, 169, 195, 211
waxing moon see moon, waxing
Webster, John 33–5
Westminster Retable 1, 29, 33–42, 141, 167–99, 241
Wilton Diptych 23–7, 107–40, 165, 176, 181, 233, 241, 243
womb 23, 27–9, 35, 143
wood 12, 17, 44, 112–17, 120, 166, 168–72, 174, 178, 179, 203–7, 212, 223, 241
xenia 15, 93, 226, 245