Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s3.33
Jain Miniature Paintings from Western India c9.s3.33
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c9.s3.33
The Arabs called a red insect-dyestuff “kermes.” This Arabic designation was taken over into medieval Latin in the form of the adjective Kermesinum, from which the Italian cremisino, the French Cramoisie and the English Crimson were derived.²⁸