Dyes in History and Archaeology 18

This volume from the 18th Dyes in History and Archaeology meeting explores indigo, lichen dyes, and other organic colorants. Topics range from ancient dyeing practices to modern scientific analyses, with case studies on Romanian, Polish textiles, and Japanese ukiyo-e prints.

Indigo has a powerful hold on the imagination – as evidenced by the traditional picture of Ancient Britons coloured blue with woad indigo – but, until now, the actual application of the dye and possible explanations underlying the practice have rarely been considered. The dyestuff is equally fascinating to the scientist, to Adolf von Baeyer in the 19th century, or to the modern chemist using modern instrumental methods for its characterisation. Indigoid dyes are not the only blues and purples, however, lichen dyes have an equally long history and their inconspicuous sources, found in many, often inhospitable, habitats, are no less intriguing, if difficult to categorise. Perhaps the most humble colouring matter is mud, but this, too, has a biological aspect to its use. These and other naturally occuring organic colouring matters were among the subjects for discussion at the 18th Meeting of Dyes in History and Archaeology, held in Brussels in 1999. The textiles and other artefacts coloured with the dyes are no less interesting and varied. Romanian and Polish textiles and, as the cover illustrates, Japanese ukiyo-e prints are only examples of the possible uses discussed in this book.

Editorial

Contributors

Woad, tattooing, and archaeology of rebellion in Britain

Gilly Carr

Adolf von Baeyer and the indigo molecule

Christopher J. Cooksey and Alan T. Dronsfield

NMR Spectroscopy of leucoindigotins and formation of deuterated indigotins

Gundula Voss

The etymology and botany of some European lichen dyes

Karen Diadick Casselman

Botanical alternatives to alum

G.W. Taylor

The right mud: studies in mud-tannic dyeing in west China and west Surrey

Deryn O'Connor and Ann Richards

Traditional Maori dyes

Rangi Te Kanawa, Scott Thomsen, Gerald Smith, lan Miller, Claude Andary and Dominique Cardon

Colour in modem Polish tapestry

Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewozna

Analysis of natural dyes from Romanian 19th- and 20th-century ethnographical textiles by DAD-HPLC

Irina Petroviciu and Jan Wouters

Photo-oxidation products of quercetin and morin as markers for the characterisation of natural flavonoid yellow dyes in ancient textiles

Ester S.B. Ferreira, Anita Quye, Hamish McNab and Alison N. Hulme

Non-destructive analysis of ukiyo-e, traditional Japanese woodblock prints, using a portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Yasuko Noda and Susumu Shimoyama

The classification of coloured organic materials in painting and applied arts on the basis of natural dyes

Valeri Golikov

The use of coloured organic materials based on natural dyestuffs in Russian icon painting of the 15th-19th centuries

Valeri Golikov and Zoe Zharikova,

Editorial

Contributors

Woad, tattooing, and archaeology of rebellion in Britain

Gilly Carr

Adolf von Baeyer and the indigo molecule

Christopher J. Cooksey and Alan T. Dronsfield

NMR Spectroscopy of leucoindigotins and formation of deuterated indigotins

Gundula Voss

The etymology and botany of some European lichen dyes

Karen Diadick Casselman

Botanical alternatives to alum

G.W. Taylor

The right mud: studies in mud-tannic dyeing in west China and west Surrey

Deryn O'Connor and Ann Richards

Traditional Maori dyes

Rangi Te Kanawa, Scott Thomsen, Gerald Smith, lan Miller, Claude Andary and Dominique Cardon

Colour in modem Polish tapestry

Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewozna

Analysis of natural dyes from Romanian 19th- and 20th-century ethnographical textiles by DAD-HPLC

Irina Petroviciu and Jan Wouters

Photo-oxidation products of quercetin and morin as markers for the characterisation of natural flavonoid yellow dyes in ancient textiles

Ester S.B. Ferreira, Anita Quye, Hamish McNab and Alison N. Hulme

Non-destructive analysis of ukiyo-e, traditional Japanese woodblock prints, using a portable x-ray fluorescence spectrometer

Yasuko Noda and Susumu Shimoyama

The classification of coloured organic materials in painting and applied arts on the basis of natural dyes

Valeri Golikov

The use of coloured organic materials based on natural dyestuffs in Russian icon painting of the 15th-19th centuries

Valeri Golikov and Zoe Zharikova

• By (author) Jo Kirby

"It is the rare scientific journal of which one wants or is able to read the whole. With this one, one almost can, and the contributions often inform and support one another. Studies in Conservation 47(4) (2002) 280"
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It is the rare scientific journal of which one wants or is able to read the whole. With this one, one almost can, and the contributions often inform and support one another.

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