[Regia-NA] Alum

Hazel Uzzell list-regia-na@lig.net
Fri, 6 Jun 2003 14:03:28 +0100


>
> What do you make of the fact that there is a change of scribal hand in the
> original between "strain it through a cloth" and "Take the
> alum"?  Everything from "take the alum" onward could easily be a
> stand-alone recipe for dyeing with alum and brazilwood.

Dear Carolyn,
Quite right!  I have just got the off print which has the body of the text.
Page 203 has ' ....there is a change to a larger hand in black ink which
continues to the end...'  (sigh)  Back to the drawing board!
Cheers,
Hazel