Jet was also used. "Jet beads from the late 15th or early 16th century have been recovered... . The source of the jet was probably Whitby in Yorkshire... . Jet--and amber--working waste has been found on the same site in York. Finished jet beads have been excacated in Oxford... . Jet is believed, according to a 12th century source, to have anaesthetising powers."
From: Egan, Geoff and Frances Pritchard. _Dress Accessories 1150-1450_ (Museum of London series). Boydell Press, reprint 2002, p. 309. Arlys On Tue, 16 Jun 2009 00:28:28 -0400 Becky Rautine <[email protected]> writes: > > After all the discussion about the black beads in other portraits, I > see the black squares in the Princess ELizabeth portrait as the > black with a white spot like someone said. Could these be diamonds > instead of onyx or some other black stones?The pearls are black > here, but maybe the others are. > One site that reproduces Renaissance jewelry has this as a white > diamond instead of the black square on the necklace part. I'm making > this complete outfit for my daughter. Are these suppose to be white > diamonds instead of the black squares? I never thought about it > until the recent eye-opening research on black pearls in paintings. > > Sincerely, > Rebecca Rautine > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Insert movie times and more without leaving Hotmail®. > http://windowslive.com/Tutorial/Hotmail/QuickAdd?ocid=TXT_TAGLM_WL_HM_Tut orial_QuickAdd_062009 > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > [email protected] > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ____________________________________________________________ Get your dream car or truck. Click here. http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL2141/fc/BLSrjpTLa8saZLr0MIeHRTI03tTjpJ6r08vrThUA1b1BBya1A3g4Ksd3rJO/
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