Catálogo de la colección de placas de mármoles históricos españoles del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales

This book is subjects to a Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/402 páginas; libro ilustrado, contiene además una tabla clasificatoria de los tipos de placas y un mapa geológico de España con la localización de las mismas[ES] El presente catálogo recoge imágenes en color escaneadas directamente de 329 placas de tamaños iguales de 21x21 cm de la colección de mármoles históricos de España patrocinada por los reyes de España desde 1700 a 1808 perteneciente a la Colección de Geología del Museo Nacional de Ciencias Naturales de Madrid (MNCN, CSIC). Se incluyen las principales variedades de los mármoles españoles de entonces (Siglo XVIII) y algunas otras rocas ornamentales diferentes clasificadas como mármoles en aquellos tiempos, ya que desde la época romana hasta la actualidad todos los materiales pétreos que admiten pulido se conocían bajo el término de “mármora”, denominación aplicable tanto a los mármoles en sentido estricto, como a pórfidos, granitos, brechas, alabastros, serpentinas, etc. El presente catálogo recoge el nombre histórico de cada variedad y localidad de procedencia, en unas fichas que incluyen una reproducción en color de cada pieza pulida (anverso) y otra del reverso junto con bastantes etiquetas y apuntes manuscritos. El texto contiene una transcripción de la Tabla de Mármoles Históricos del MNCN conservando la numeración de la exposición 1925‐1988, que se ha hecho coincidente con la de un nuevo mapa de localización geográfica y geológica y con la de la ficha de cada placa. El catálogo de placas se acompaña de un texto divulgativo sobre mármoles españoles históricos y sus canteras con algunos datos históricos, geológicos, tecnológicos y científicos sobre los mismos para ayudar al gran público a valorar la gran variedad y complejidad geológica e histórica de España. Son especialmente importantes los capítulos sobre el Real Taller de Mármoles del Palacio Real del siglo XVIII y el esfuerzo de identificación y localización geológica de estas canteras de mármoles.[EN] Catalog of Historical Spanish Marbles of the Charles III King stored in the National Museum of Natural Science (Madrid, Spain). This catalog contains scanned images from 329 plates sized 21x21 cm of historic marbles provided by the Spanish Kings from 1700 to 1808 and kept in the Geological Collection of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. The catalog contains the main varieties of Spanish marbles at the XVIII century together with some other additional ornamental stones erroneously classified as marbles. In Roman times all stones with potential polishing were known under the term “marmora” (=marble) and accordingly this name was applied to both, marbles in the strict sense, as porphyry, granite, breccia, alabaster, serpentine, etc. This catalog contains the historical name of each variety and its geographical origin, in a plate set reproduced at full color of each polished face of each piece (front) together with the back face in where many labels and manuscript notes are included. The text transcript the historical table of the Historical Marbles of the Natural History Museum matching the same numbering of the exhibition hall 1925‐1988, and a new map of geographical and geological location with such numbering which also coincides with the recorded number of each plate. The catalog is accompanied by an informative text about historical Spanish Marbles with some historical, geological, technological and scientific data to help to appreciate the enormous lithologic and historical heritage of Spain. The Historical sections on the Real Marbles Factory of the eighteenth century sited in the Madrid Royal Palace and the effort to identify the geological location of the historic marble quarries are remarkable.[EN] Catalog of Historical Spanish Marbles of the Charles III King stored in the National Museum of Natural Science (Madrid, Spain). This catalog contains scanned images from 329 plates sized 21x21 cm of historic marbles provided by the Spanish Kings from 1700 to 1808 and kept in the Geological Collection of the National Museum of Natural Sciences in Madrid. The catalog contains the main varieties of Spanish marbles at the XVIII century together with some other additional ornamental stones erroneously classified as marbles. In Roman times all stones with potential polishing were known under the term “marmora” (=marble) and accordingly this name was applied to both, marbles in the strict sense, as porphyry, granite, breccia, alabaster, serpentine, etc. This catalog contains the historical name of each variety and its geographical origin, in a plate set reproduced at full color of each polished face of each piece (front) together with the back face in where many labels and manuscript notes are included. The text transcript the historical table of the Historical Marbles of the Natural History Museum matching the same numbering of the exhibition hall 1925‐1988, and a new map of geographical and geological location with such numbering which also coincides with the recorded number of each plate. The catalog is accompanied by an informative text about historical Spanish Marbles with some historical, geological, technological and scientific data to help to appreciate the enormous lithologic and historical heritage of Spain. The Historical sections on the Real Marbles Factory of the eighteenth century sited in the Madrid Royal Palace and the effort to identify the geological location of the historic marble quarries are remarkable.N