I figured I would share with you the original version of our store sign. It is from a CIBA reveiew. The CIBA Review was published monthly. It columns were devoted to a varied succession of articles on the history of dyeing, printing, tanning, weaving, etc., and the numerous supplementary crafts connected with the refinement of textile products. A very interesting resource. It is no longer in print, but several people have spent time scanning and digitizing it, so digital copies can be found on line.Our sign is a depiction from Dutch theologist who published everything that he could find in the Bible with regard to textiles. The image shows a reconstruction of a loom with all of the raw materials: gold threadm flax and wool, as well as the dyes, scarlet, red and purple. Tyre was the origin of red and purple dyes.
I only took latin for one semester in high school, so I am not able to translate the text! Can anyone else?!
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ReplyDeleteI asked a friend, who does Latin translations, about the Latin in your sign, and this is what he said:
ReplyDelete"Concerning the Attire of the Hebrew Priests" by the author Johann Braunius Palatinus. LINUM = flax; LANA = wool, (LANAM TRAHERE = to spin). Can't make out the rest.
and then he added this:
ReplyDeleteI took another look. The coil of wire is AURUM (=gold). The lower right refers to the materials used
The lower left refers to the colors. Note that purple was derived from the MUREX snail at TYRE. For more details see
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrian_purple