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marzipanandminutiae · 3 days

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So I've seen conflicting stories about the colour black in history.

Some say it's very expensive and hard to maintain, so that's why rich merchants wore black. Evidence in portraits.

Some say that for dyes it's on the cheaper side actually.

Some say the expensive black doesn't come from dye but rather the colour of the animal, so black fabric comes from black fibre which comes from black sheep. How exactly would black sheep be more expensive than regular white sheep?

Which one is right? I know this is probably influenced by which century it's set in, like maybe some eras have an easier time getting black dye

I found a well-sourced blog post about this, luckily, because I'm a 19th-century focused researcher and I've heard conflicting things about black in earlier periods. It seems to be that high-quality black-dyed fabric was difficult to obtain in the west from the Middle Ages potentially through the 18th century because it required massive amounts of dye to get the color very deep ("true black"). Lesser black shades were quite common, though, so black, period, doesn't seem to be more expensive than any other color. Possibly the intensively dyed, deep blacks might have been? But not black in general.

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Rich merchants did wear black- but so did other people. They just usually didn't have portraits.

The black sheep thing I've never heard before. And anyway, that could only apply to wool- not cotton, linen, silk, leather, etc.

#ask #dress history #clothing history #fashion history #medieval #panickingstudent2

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theancientwayoflife · 2 days

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~ Falcon.

Date: ca. A.D. 1200–1220

Culture: South Italian

Medium: Bronze, traces of gilding

#history #museum #archaeology #falcon #13th century #13th century art #medieval #middle ages #a.d. 1200 #a.d. 1220

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illustratus · 3 days

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Saint George and the Rescued Maiden by Henry Charles Fehr

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yeoldegodzilla · 2 days

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"Godzilla receiving the kiss of Judas," a Biblical theme shown in this painting.

#godzilla #medieval #judas iscariot

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style-analysis-despite · 18 hours

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#Anna Nicole Smith #fireworks #medieval #SFM #pll #adam levine #marvel cinematic universe #cd #Cameron Dallas #polyvore #Ryomen Sukuna #kitaplar

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ranger-tater · 3 days

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Halt is crazy strong, and it’s like only seen in the second book?! Like he tosses people in moats with one hand and stuff, but most importantly- he draws a 130lb warbow?! Like it’s the only time this bow is mentioned is in The Burning Bridge, when he’s tossing what’s his face.

“But Halt’s hands, arms, shoulders, and back were condition by years of drawing the massive longbow (should be warbow), with its pull weight of sixty kilos.”

And Halt can loose several arrows in a second, an already impressive enough feat as it is, more so with a 90lb bow, but 130lbs?! Like- he’s pulling back a pre-teen 2-3 times in such a short span of time?! He can do this without any fatigue?? Exactly how fucking strong is this man that he can draw 130lbs smoother than I do 45?! What is the most Halt could draw comfortably for hours on end?! 200lbs plus?! Joe Gibbs and Mark Stretton can barely draw that more than a dozen times?! And they’re like the big people in the heavy bow world.

#strongdilfs #rangercore #fantasy #medieval #dnd #gilan davidson #rangers apprentice #i love men #men with big ash shafts and long yew staves

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technology-bad-else-road · 3 days

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#bodybuilding #fireworks #messy layouts #renga #medieval #Kendra Sunderland #Magnus chase and the gods of asgard #SFM #outdoors #pll #huge butt

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yitexity · 2 days

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Captain Landy

#furry #furry art #tinderkell #fantasy #medieval #armor #Landy

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ritasv · 3 days

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St George II by craig wagstaffe Via Flickr: St George's Day Parade. Morley 24th April 2016 Canon 5D with Vivitar Series 1 35-85mm

#Armor #knight #St. George #reenactor #medieval

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medievalistsnet · 3 days

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#medieval #history #burials #anglo saxon

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steellegacy · 10 hours

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Work on the decorative relief of the Lion’s Armor breastplate: drawing with subsequent stages of chasing

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Работа над декоративным рельефом нагрудника Львиного доспеха: рисунок с последующими этапами чеканки

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#armsandarmor #medievalarmour #armour #knight #armor #доспехиназаказ #стальноенаследие #steellegacy #Lionarmor #львиныйдоспех #armororder #orderarmor #armsandarmour #armure #harnisch #harness #armatura #armadura #gilding #drawing #art #рисунок #позолота #реконструкция