[h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread snspies
One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was the eye of a partridge. The Arabic word is hagali and is supposed to be a brownish pink. In looking at partridges on-line, I can not find a close-up of a partridge eye. I can see,

Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Land of Oz
On Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:08:46 -0500 (EST) snsp...@aol.com wrote: One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was the eye of a partridge. The Arabic word is hagali and is supposed to be a brownish pink. In looking at partridges on-line,

Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Rickard, Patty
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of snsp...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:09 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was the eye of a partridge. The Arabic word

Re: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye

2013-02-12 Thread Rickard, Patty
...@indra.com] On Behalf Of snsp...@aol.com Sent: Tuesday, February 12, 2013 2:09 PM To: h-cost...@indra.com Subject: [h-cost] color of a partridge's eye One of the favorite colors for silk, at least among Jewish brides in Egypt in the 10th-12th centuries was the eye of a partridge. The Arabic word