This month's A&S section will feature a criss-cross puzzle with the theme, "The World of Medieval Dye". Anyone can enter! Please submit your answers via email to (arwynn16[at]gmail.com) before the next Quill is published. A winner will be drawn from those who correctly solve the puzzle. Prize(s) and winners will be announced at a later date.
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Lady Rohesia
Across
2. Highly prized in the Mediterranean as a source of purple extracted from this species of shellfish.
3. Scarlet resinous pigment secreted onto a host tree by insects of many different varities.
5. Common protein-based fiber produced by by the coat of certain domesticated animals.
8. Dye, produced because of the carminic acid present, is extracted from the bodies of this female insect.
9. These type of colors are prone to fading when exposed to sunlight or washing.
11. Name used for dyes that produce color without the use of a mordant.
14. Seeds of this plant, which is a source for blue, have been found as far back as the Neolithic period.
18. Insoluble color particles that may be attached to the surface of cloth using a binding agent.
21. Fibers from this plant are what is used to create linen.
22. Red-brown dye from this type of tree.
23. The word Crimson is derived from the unlaid eggs of this scale insect that produces a red color.
25. Common source of natural dyes, in Europe in the 15-17th centuries, that was extracted by ammonia fermentation or boiling water.
26. Iron oxide pigment from clay thst can be used to dye textiles a ruddy or reddish-brown color.
Down
1. A city that the two major land trade routes for dyes traveled through during the 12th century.
2. A substance used to set dyes by forming a chemical bridge from dye to fiber; in latin it means "to bite"
4. A kind of berry that can be easily found today that could produce pale blues and purples but were not color or lightfast.
6. Can be found in oak galls and used to assist the dye in adhering to the fibers.
7. Crocus sativus
10. Producing blue dye, it was a rare commodity in Europe until after the late 15th century.
11. Flowering plant native to Asia that produces a substantive yellow dye for natural fibers.
12. First developed in ancient China and is a natural protein fiber.
13. An acidic mordant best used on wool and silk. Can also be found in modern baking soda.
15. Solution of dye and water or other liquid in which textiles are dyed.
16. Major port city that supplied and traded dyestuffs from ship routes. It was here that the "Plictho de Larti de Tentori" was written.
17. This plant was a source for bright yellow color and when combined with woad it produces a brilliant green.
19. Vegetable-based red dye is extracted from the roots of this plant.
20. A term used for dyes that require use of a mordant to bind the color to the fiber.
24. Dye as well as tannins are extracted from the rind of this fruit.
*Puzzle was created by Puzzlemaker at DiscoveryEducation.com & Clipart is from Florida Center for Instructional Technology http://etc.usf.edu/clipart
