ANST - natural dyeing ... reds & purples

[j'lynn yeates]

On 30 Jun 98, at 23:06, Laury Torrence wrote:

> It seems I remember something about a mollusk that was
> from the Mediterranean area being used to make red/purple
> dye.  Possibly ground or boiled, not certain!  Anyone else
> recall something of this one?

the basis of "Tyrinnean (sp?) Purple", origionally obtained from the sea-
trading city of Tyr as early as the bronze age ... one of the great luxury 
goods of many ages - and cause of many sumptuary laws (reserving purple 
for the elite .... once commercial growth allowed it to be afforded by the 
increasingly affluent middle class of merchants)

'wolf




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