141. Fastness of Alkanet.
Sheep's urine, comarum, or henbane are equally good.
142. Fastness of Archil and Alkanet.
Extract
of leaves of the citron tree; extract of barley and navelwort; and
onion juice. Each of these substances alone make (them) fast.
143. Dissolving of Comarum.
Take and soak pig manure with the urine of an uncomipted youth. Boil up these and pour it off on the comarum.
144. Another (Recipe).
Dissolve calcined marble in cold water, put comarum together with it in milk and the comarum will become dissolved.
145. Cleaning by Means of Soap Weed.
Take
and treat soap weed with hot water. Make a ball from it as if from
tallow. Then steep this in hot water until it is dissolved. The water,
however, shoidd go above the wool. Then boil up the water. Put the wool
in and prevent it from becoming scorched. Leave it there a little while
until you see that it is clean. Lift out, rinse it and dry it.
146. Mordanting.
Then
take lime and hot water and make a lye from it, let it stand and take
away thereby the impurity existing upon it. When you see that the water
has become crystal clear, then put the wool in, shake and leave it
there again a little while. Lift it out and rinse it.
147. Boiling (Wool).
Then
take two kotyles of fresh water and 8 drachmas of acetous alum for a
stater of wool. Put the water, the alum in a small basket, and some
barleycorn into the kettle and place it upon the fire until the
barleycorn is cooked and the alum has dissolved. Take away the
imÂpurity existing in the liquid, put the wool in, dip it under and
separate it with the rake. Arrange it uniformly, put on the cover and
heat the kettle until you see that the wool is puffed up. Then lift it
out, hang it up, again perform the same operation with the rake and
heat the kettle. When it is to be taken out, then remove the kettle
from the fire, hang the wool up and let it drain until you undertake
the mordanting with the urine.
148. Preparation of Tyrian Purple.
Phrygian
stone is pulverized and boiled. The wool is put in and left there until
it becomes cold. Then lift it out and put a mina of archil in a vessel,
boil it, put the wool in again and let it become cold there. Lift it
out and rinse it with salt water.
149. Cold Dyeing of Purple.
Pulverize
and dissolve quicklime with rain water, strain the water and mordant
therein from early morning until late (in the day). Do not rinse out
with salt water but with fresh water. Then dye with boiled archil. Then
put in chalcanthum besides and the purple will come forth from it.
150. Dyeing of Galatian Scarlet.
Alkanet
and archil, 1 ounce each; 2 ounces of swine's blood; 5 drachmas of
chalcanthum; 2 drachmas of roasted orpiment; 8 pints of water.
151. Dyeing of Tyrian or Guaranteed Superior Purple.
Seven drachmas of alkanet; 5 drachmas of orpiment; 1 ounce of urine; 5 drachmas of quicklime; 1 kotyle of water.
