[1] Cosmetic
Cosmetic ( Cosmetics) created from bean flour (Plin. HN 18,117), used by Roman women to cover up and reduce wrinkles (Mart. 3,42; 14,60), with the addition of sun-dried, crushed snails (Plin. HN 30,127), lomentum rendered the skin soft and white. It further served as a remedy for ulcers, burns or tumours (Plin. HN 20,127; 22,141).
[2] Two types of blue pigment
Two types of blue pigment gained from ‘sky blue’ (caeruleum, cf. [1]) (Plin. HN 33,16…