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The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color ~ This item The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered by Baruch Sterman Hardcover 2495 In Stock Ships from and sold by

The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color ~ Blue it turns out is really a very rare color in nature though it is now found everywhere The modern rediscovery of the ancient techniques of dyeing and their current application to Jewish religious practices is a fascinating story in its own right Altogether a rich and rewarding book

The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color ~ The Rarest Blue is a fascinating story of how the ancient method of making tekhelet a sky blue dye was long lost to history Over the centuries many tried to find this source and some claimed to have found it But others claimed no they hadnt It is said to have been produced by the sea creature the ḥillazon

Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost ~ Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered For centuries dyed fabrics ranked among the most expensive objects of the ancient Mediterranean world fetching up to 20 times their weight in gold Huge fortunes were made from and lost to them and battles were fought over control of the industry

The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color ~ With his wife dye expert Sterman delivers a history of a blue dye mentioned in ancient texts but only recently recreated in the modern era The Stermans trace the history of tekhelet a blue dye derived from the glands of certain types of snails that they describe as the sacred rarest blue

The Rarest Blue Ptil Tekhelet ~ The Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered By Baruch Sterman cofounder of the Ptil Tekhelet Foundation and Judy Sterman “The topic of tekhelet is one worthy of serious study by all who are committed to halacha and the Stermans’ book The Rarest Blue presents the subject in all its many facets in a comprehensive and engaging manner

Rarest Blue The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost ~ THE RAREST BLUE The Remarkable Story of an Ancient Color Lost to History and Rediscovered Հաճախորդի կարծիքը Kirkus With his wife dye expert Sterman delivers a history of a blue dye mentioned in ancient texts but only recently recreated in the modern Stermans trace the history of tekhelet a blue dye Read full review

The rarest blue the remarkable story of an ancient color ~ The rarest blue the remarkable story of an ancient color lost to history and rediscovered Baruch Sterman Judy Taubes Sterman For centuries blue and purple dyed fabrics ranked among the ancient worlds most desirable objects commanding many times their weight in gold

The Rarest Blue ~ Few people knew their complex secrets carefully guarding the valuable knowledge The Rarest Blue tells the incredible story of tekhelet or hyacinth blue the elusive skyblue dye mentioned throughout the Hebrew Bible