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Bolinus brandaris, the sea snail that produces Tyrian purple
Image by Naturalis Biodiversity Center
Pliny, Natural History (bk. IX, ch. 38)
Pliny the Elder (1st century BCE) describes the method for making Tyrian purple
Tyrian purple on paper
Bolinus brandaris, the sea snail that produces Tyrian purple
Image by Naturalis Biodiversity Center
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