Name 1
PANEL EXPLICATIVO.
Name 2
EXPLANATION PANEL.
ID number
001.399.Almadén
Manager / Administrator
Javier Carrasco Milara, Cerco San Teodoro, s/n. Almadén (Ciudad Real)
Ownership
Public
Institution
Minas de Almadén y Arrayanes, S.A
Local / Original ID Number
001.001.003.131
Type of Object
Smelting , Knowledge, social care
Description
Short description
This panel describes the technological advance that the xabeca furnaces (Arab furnaces) represented in the 10th century AD and the diverse uses of mercury: vermillion for ornamental use, mercury chloride (solimán) for leather tanning and mercury (quicksilver) for skin conditions and decoration of houses and palaces and, in addition, the progress in alchemical processes using mercury as a basic product.
Measures
1.50×0.82m
Materials
Wood and printing on methacrylate
Dating
2004
Author / Producer
Minas de Almadén
Illustrations
Original use
Museum
Present use
Museum
Original location
Museum of the Miner.
Present location
Museum of the Miner.
STATE OF CONSERVATION
History of conservation:
Present state
good
Necessary activities:
DOCUMENTATION
Addresses /collections/links etc. where further in-depth information is accessible:
www.parqueminerodealmaden.es
Submitted
AYUNTAMIENTO ALMADEN
Submitted by
Alicia Escudero & Águeda Moyano
Date Submitted
17. 5. 2022
Date Edited
Never