Melica was an enslaved Bulgarian child who was active in the eastern Mediterranean and Genoa during the later fourteenth century. She was purchased in the eastern Mediterranean around 1385 from an Ottoman merchant and was brought to Genoa, where she was attested as a servant in the household of Teramo Ittaliano in the spring of 1393.
Melica was an enslaved woman and servant who was active in the eastern Mediterranean during the second half of the fifteenth century. She was manumitted in Chios during the winter of 1471.
These are people in the workshop of a silversmith or goldsmith who create metal leaf by beating a piece of metal with special tools until the metal conforms to a very thin layer or leaf.
Any of a large group of substances that typically show a characteristic luster, are good conductors of electricity and heat, are opaque, can be fused, and are usually malleable or ductile.