SC - OT: pigments

[Philip & Susan Troy]

Varju at aol.com wrote:
> 
> << Colors in ancient manuscripts are often faded and not true to type. >>
> 
> Another factor is how well the color came over in the reproduction.  Very few
> reproductions of  period manuscripts and book illustrations show the real
> colors involved.

For example, the detail of the monk hiking up his Benedictine robes to
display orange and green plaid Bermuda shorts with gartered black ankle
socks is almost entirely invisible now in the Book of Kells...

Adamantius, diving for the rock only slightly ahead of a flying paint-pot
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Phil & Susan Troy

troy at asan.com
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