[302] The Arabs received the kermis from Armenia, and the name was originally “Quer-més,” “oak-apple.” Sardis was famed for its kermes dye. See Birdwood, “Indian Arts,” p. 238, ed. 1880, and Yule’s “Marco Polo,” i. p. 67.
[303] Isa. ii. 18.
[304] Renouf’s Hibbert Lectures, p. 67-69. It may be called balance, rather than harmony.
[305] Wilkinson, “Manners of the Ancient Egyptians,” vol. iii. pp. 301-3.
[306] Blümner, p. 220. See Pliny, “Natural History,” xxxv. 42.
[307] Semper, i. p. 248.
[308] See Birdwood’s “Indian Arts,” p. 272. In the Code of Manu, black garments are sacred to the Indian Saturn, yellow to Venus, and red to Mars. See Birdwood, p. 235.
[309] See Floyer’s “Unexplored Baluchistan,” pp. 278, 373, 406. The Persians produce their deep yellow from the skin of the pomegranate, by boiling it in alum. Major Murdoch Smith describes the Persian processes for dyeing patterns red and black in textiles. The Italian women dye their own dresses in the pomegranate yellow; also in turmeric yellow, and other vegetable dyes.
[310] Pliny, “Natural History,” xxii. 3. Unfortunately, Pliny seldom condescends to give us the recipes for dyeing processes.
[311] Logan’s “Scottish Garb.”