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my-kawaii--world · 2 days

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OMG I FOUND IT HERE!

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marzipanandminutiae · 16 hours

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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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elven-sisters · 2 days

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I've always wondered if elven children are also annoying? 🤔 Gandalf with little Arwen ✨

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illustratus · 12 hours

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Saint George and the Rescued Maiden by Henry Charles Fehr

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the-merry-otter · 1 day

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In the tavern

#medieval reenactment #medieval #medievalcore #medieval fantasy #fantasy #fantasycore #dnd #photography #tavern #inn #history #aesthetic #i’ll be on my merry way now

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yeoldegodzilla · 1 day

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A portrait of Godzilla attributed to Giotto.

#godzilla #medieval #giotto #portrait

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ashleabechaz · 2 days

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Medieval Monsters is a brand new zine I’ll be releasing online THIS SATURDAY!

It’s all black and white ink illustrations made in a style that is (hopefully) a mesh between traditional art of the times but with some of my flavour flav 😏

#zine #zines #art zine #art book #illustration #art #drawing #etsy #creative #illustrator #painting #ink #handmade #medieval #medieval art #pen and ink #etching

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ancientorigins · 1 day

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Explore the medieval weapon chest from the 1495 sunken ship Gribshunden, revealing new insights into late medieval naval warfare. Don't miss the detailed 3D video walkthrough!

#shipwreck #medieval #weapons #ship

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theancientwayoflife · 2 hours

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