[pbs] saffron as a colorant
Judy Glattstein
jglatt at ptd.net
Mon Oct 31 20:23:33 EST 2005
Saffron was, in the Middle Ages, the source of a yellow dye used in
manuscript illumination. A pinch of saffron was infused with glair, an
egg-white glue, to produce a transparent yellow glaze sometimes used as
a substitute for gold. As well, it was used as a hair dye. Its supposed
medicinal attributes - a cure for plague, madness, melancholia, and
toothache.
Judy in New Jersey where Indian summer is offering a final few golden
days before cold weather arrives to stay
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