ANCIENT USE OF VERMILION.
Kttiv* daaabar, t*. ■nraS&aa, a ral> pfenatof uMtcsxy. *aa fiwt pnrpaxadby Kaßba, tb« Albcoiaa, fira hundred yean bate* Um Cbrbtfan ara. Tbare t« * * adafam or efoaabar wttwght to Staio frotaatimarfsadvUbiitortaad; alaoin CbtebJ*, **ew> tlwy diMMftM it from • lb* fraat of lb* mtk cfiffa by aboofesg tmm a tbtm. Pliny aad Ttttairha eaßad it Bdoiam, and Dioacorid/M obebacrtes tb*t ft - *** W«l; tbooght by iom la te H» mam » miouna.. Teraflka b) tk» cotar irttb wbfch iba . tiataw ef mm gpda ««• painted. It ni ibaatottttOaTamairia, aho in Stbiopta, •oA «M £•*£-.& bopor aaoog »ba Bonaoa. Their baton roda in triumph mhh tbahbodJaa paiaUd aiih wnfflkn, aod tba> teas cl tba itataaa of Jopttar wtra coJotad wiU. ibi. piffwot oo faatal •bye lb* aococbrcma ptatont of tb«
Mtfeiatt ifrero "wrought .wiih*lt. ■ ?Tben was alio jb arWcfaFkind cf cinnabar, a shfoing scarlet W&6Vfrom atove EpbeaU*. Yilro'vfoarienoV Jfiiny say thai" v*Tfl»llibn |«m injured by ibcligbt of the sori'snd nwo-».- To preTßtit tbU result, the color .was varn7*beifcby:s mixture of wax ami oil. Sir HumphreyDavyfound vermilion* In the baths of Tim*.
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Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 4
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178ANCIENT USE OF VERMILION. Oamaru Mail, Volume X, Issue 3433, 31 December 1885, Page 4
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