The paper explores the scanty evidence about purple dyeing preserved in Graeco-Egyptian and Syriac alchemical texts. The textual data are compared with documentary papyri and archeological data, in order to reconstruct the ancient practices of dyeing and their main actors.
Martelli Matteo (2015). Alchemical Textiles: Colourful Garments, Recipes and Dyeing Techniques in Graeco-Roman Egypt. Oxford : Oxbow Books.
Alchemical Textiles: Colourful Garments, Recipes and Dyeing Techniques in Graeco-Roman Egypt
Martelli Matteo
2015
Abstract
The paper explores the scanty evidence about purple dyeing preserved in Graeco-Egyptian and Syriac alchemical texts. The textual data are compared with documentary papyri and archeological data, in order to reconstruct the ancient practices of dyeing and their main actors.File in questo prodotto:
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