I don't think that "black" sheep's wool is actually black - it is dark
brown. In my home dialect (Northern Norway), at least, but also in knitting
patterns, I think, this is called "sheep's black", meaning that it should
not be a modern, shiny black, but the much softer browny colour of black
sheep.
Ingegerd H.
Dr. Ingegerd Holand
140 Castelnau
London SW13 9ET
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From: [log in to unmask] <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: 3. februar 2000 16:06
Subject: Re: Colour Symbolism at Dante's Banquet
>Black cloth could easily be produced from black sheep, without
>use of dye.
>Meg
>
>
>> In a message dated 02/03/2000 5:04:39 AM Eastern Standard Time,
>> [log in to unmask] writes:
>
>> << I have been told (I can't remember by whom) that true black was a
luxury
>> article in the medieval period, being a very expensive colour to produce
>> with vegetable dye. Is this a Medeevil Misconception or is it true?
>> >>
>
>> Having seen a number of letters and other documents listing colored
cloth, I
>> have yet to run across anything called "true" black. Plain black cloth,
>> however, is mentioned frequently, usually in association with funerals.
>> Whether it was more expensive than other specifically colored garments, I
>> don't know.
>
>> mark
>
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