[Regia-NA] Fw: [Regia] Alum

[Hazel Uzzell]

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From: "Hazel Uzzell" <gythe@snrd.freeserve.co.uk>
To: "Regia NA" <list-regia-na@lig.net>; "Regia E-Group"
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Sent: Wednesday, June 04, 2003 9:30 PM
Subject: [Regia] Alum


> For anyone interested in natural dyes, I came across this recently.
>
> 'For 'wreime' which is called moss: Let it be chopped up in an eggshell
and then add builder's lime. This is done until it is seen to be properly
matured. Then strain it through a cloth. Take the alum, place it in
water.....' I assume the 'alum' is the result of combining the moss and the
lime.
>
> This appears in 'Early Anglo-Norman Receipts for Colours.' as a method of
dyeing leather red with 'brasil'  Could the 'moss' be a type of clubmoss and
was this how it was used? I can't find any reference to 'wreime'  to say
what kind of moss it was.
>
> Cheers,
> Hazel
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