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> The following may be of interest. In re: to Murex, though it is not the
>focus of your study, it should be made clear that the dye was derived from
>the flesh of the mollusc, <not> the shell. In fact, Sandberg says that it
>comes from the grayish-yellow secretion of a gland located in the "cloak"
>inside the mollusk's rectum. Using special tools, the snail itself was
>removed, the gland cut and sprinkled with salt, although smaller shells were
>simply crushed and salted in their entirety. Sandberg reprints Pliny's
>instructions of the "Tyrian process."
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>Jim Murphy
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> Record 4 of 5
> AUTHOR Sandberg, Gosta, 1915-
> UNIF TITLE Purpur koschenill krapp. English.
> TITLE The red dyes : cochineal, madder, and murex purple : a world tour
> of textile techniques / Gosta Sandberg ; [translation from the
> Swedish, Edith M. Matteson]
> PUBLISH INFO Asheville, NC : Lark Books, c1997.
> DESCRIPTION 215 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
> NOTES Includes bibliographical references (p. 196-199) and index.
> SUBJECTS Dyes and dyeing, Domestic.
> Dyes and dyeing -- Textile fibers.
> Cochineal.
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Jim Murphy
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