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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">I believe that heralds were plagued by unstable pigments in the Period as well. Consider this passage from "The book of fayttes of armes and of chyualrye", translated and printed by William Caxton in 1489.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">That other coloure of armoyrie is grene that men calle sinople or verte.</FONT></DIV></BLOCKQUOTE>
<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">Outside of French heraldry, "sinople" refers to the shade of *red* that you get from the red earth of Sinope in Paphlagonia.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face="Courier New">-- Alfredo el Bufon</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [MR] RE: heraldry</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">In a message dated 01-06-03 16:39:27 EDT, <A href="mailto:stephan@bellatrix.org">stephan@bellatrix.org</A> (Stephan of </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Bellatrix) writes:</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"><< My curiosity is aroused...why are colour printed submissions posing a</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Because,Your Grace, the colours fade over time. I have several colour </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">printouts in my mundane office, in which the red has become pink and the blue </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">purple, almost lavender. </DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">If someone were to come up with color printer inks that did not fade, this </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">problem might be alleviated, but until then we are stuck doing it by hand.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">In fact, only certain brands of markers are allowed for colouring, for the </DIV>
<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">same reason.</DIV>
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<DIV style="MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px">Your servant aye</DIV>
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