Rulandus maketh mention of ten kinds of this Marble. 1. Marmor candidum Lunense, which he saith is the whitest and best of all the white Marbles, and called by the Dutch ein weiss Marmorstein. 2. Candidum Cartariense. 3. A Patavian or Paduan white Marble, called Marmor Patavium serratile, be∣cause it is a stone that is made fit for use by sawing. 4. Italicum Marmor, or an Italian Marble, sprinkled amidst its white with many brown and ashie co∣loured veins. 5. Marmor candidum Ratisbonense, or the white Marble of Ratisbone, of this at Ratisbone they are wont to make tabulae mensarum or trenchers withall. Of one of these Marbles the Altar at An∣nenberg is made; the whole Altar consisteth of but one only solid Marble of this kind; then this Mar∣ble there is not a fairer in all Italy. 6. The sixth kind of white Marble is called Marmor candidissimum Carolinum, because it is found in the Caroline baths. 7. The seventh kind of white Marble is called Mar∣mor candidum Hildeshemium, from Heildeshem the place where it is found. This is like in whitenesse to ivory. 8. The eighth kind of white Marble is cal∣led Marmor candidum Arabicum; this likewise is as the other found of whitenesse like to ivory. 9. The ninth kind is found amongst mettals at Annenberg,
A lapidary, or, The history of pretious [sic] stones with cautions for the undeceiving of all those that deal with pretious [sic] stones / by Thomas Nicols ...
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and is therefore called Marmor candidum Annenber∣gicum metallicum. 10. The tenth kind of white Marble is called Hildeshemium cinereum in candido; this is of an ashie colour in a white, and in smell it is much like the odour of the burning of horn.
Anselmus Boetius maketh but two kinds of the white Marble. Namely, 1. The lapis Parius, which is the true white Marble and most beautifull with an exquisite hardnesse. 2. And the Alaba∣strites or Alabastrum or the common Alabaster, which is of no lesse beauty then the true white Marble, yea if this be well polished it is comparable to the Onyx for beauty, and carrieth with it a very lovely coun∣tenance and pleasing aspect: the difference betwixt this and the best white Marble is only this, that the best white Marble hath an exquisita durities joyned with its beauty, and the Alabaster is for the most part found somewhat softer and lesse concocted; yet doth not the Alabaster continue in this softnesse, but by tract of time, and length of dayes, it groweth harder and harder till it doth attain to the perfection of the best and fairest white Marble.