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Description: For centuries, blue and purple dyed fabrics ranked among the ancient world’s most desirable objects, commanding many times their weight in gold. Few people knew their secrets, carefully guarding the valuable knowledge, and strict laws regulated their production and use. The Rarest Blue tells the incredible story of tekhelet, the elusive sky-blue color mentioned throughout the Bible. Minoans discovered it; Phoenicians stole it; Roman emperors revered it; and Jewsβ€”obeying a commandment to affix a thread of it to their garmentsβ€”risked their lives for it. But as the Roman Empire dissolved, the color vanished. Then, in the nineteenth century, a marine biologist marveled as yellow snail guts smeared on a fisherman’s shirt turned blue. But what had caused this incredible transformation? Meanwhile, a Hasidic master obsessed with the ancient technique posited that the source of the dye was no snail but a squid. Bitter controversy divided European Jews until a brilliant rabbi proved one side wrong. But had an unscrupulous chemist deceived them? In this richly illustrated book, Baruch Sterman brilliantly recounts the amazing story of this sacred dye that changed the color of history.

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Location: Kilsyth, VIC

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Restocking fee: No

Return shipping will be paid by: Buyer

Returns Accepted: Returns Accepted

Item must be returned within: 30 Days

Personalised: No

Book Title: Rarest Blue: The Remarkable Story Of An Ancient Color Lost To His

Signed: No

Ex Libris: No

Narrative Type: Non-Fiction

Publisher: Lyons Press

Original Language: English

Inscribed: No

Intended Audience: Adults

Edition: First Edition

Vintage: No

Publication Year: 2012

Type: Reference Guide

Format: Hardcover

Language: English

Author: Baruch Sterman

Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated

Genre: Microhistory

Topic: The Rarest Blue tells the incredible story of Tekhelet

Country/Region of Manufacture: United States

Number of Pages: 306

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