01 October 2022

Colors of the medieval world


Credit (for the photo and the craftsmanship) to Rowena Dugdale (@redrubyrose), who notes that these are "Plant dyes - all the colours achievable from leaf, flower and root within around a five mile radius. The red hot poker root was a gift from a friend on Skye but that’s only several miles across the water…"

Via Reddit.

5 comments:

  1. Linking the original tweet here since I don't see it in an (admittedly brief) looksee of the Reddit comments and OP has some other really interesting content!

    https://twitter.com/redrubyrose_/status/1554731839486582785?s=20&t=9_SOxhWSzDjL6h4WlFcYeQ

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  2. Post amended accordingly. I do get lazy sometimes in tracking down original credits (especially on football Saturdays).

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  3. If you post original content and don't identify yourself in the post, you'll likely lose ownership. There are plenty of attention whores who look for things they can claim.
    xoxoxoBruce

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  4. Oh Woad is me.No mention of Isatis tinctoria,they used to get blue dye from it.

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  5. Very colorful, more than I expected, and very nice shades as well.

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