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Tekhelet
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Tekhelet is a blue dye that historically held great significance in ancient Mediterranean civilizations. It is mentioned in the Hebrew Bible and is accordingly commonplace in Jewish culture, wherein i
Tzitzit produced from a blue dye derived from Hexaplex trunculus and tied according to the opinion of the Sefer ha-Chinuch, resting atop volumes of th
Tzitzit produced from a blue dye derived from Hexaplex trunculus and tied according to the opinion of the Sefer ha-Chinuch, resting atop volumes of the Shulchan Aruch.
The flag of Israel, which emulates the tekhelet color for the Star of David and the two tallit-like stripes.
The flag of Israel, which emulates the tekhelet color for the Star of David and the two tallit-like stripes.
A contemporary tekhelet thread tied according to the method of the 18th-century rabbi Vilna Gaon.
A contemporary tekhelet thread tied according to the method of the 18th-century rabbi Vilna Gaon.
Murex shells from the Iron Age II period (10th-7th centuries BCE) with ancient remains of purple on the shards seen on the right.
Murex shells from the Iron Age II period (10th-7th centuries BCE) with ancient remains of purple on the shards seen on the right.
Tyrian purple
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Tyrian purple, also known as royal purple, imperial purple, imperial dye, or simply tyrian, is a reddish-purple natural dye. It is secreted by several species of predatory sea snails in the family Mur
Tekhelet
…Esther 8:15). Tekhelet could be used in combination with other colors as in 2 Chronicles 3:14 where the veil of Solomon's Temple is made of tekhelet, Tyrian purple (Hebrew: אַרְגָּמָן, romanized: ʾargāmān) and scarlet (Hebrew: שָׁנִי, romanized: šāni or כַּרְמִיל karmil). Ezekiel 27:7 mentions that tekhelet-cloth…
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them accurately.
Fabrics dyed in the current era from different species of sea snail. The colours in this photograph may not represent them accurately.
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar. Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta. In t
A 20th-century depiction of a Roman triumph celebrated by Julius Caesar. Caesar, riding in the chariot, wears the solid Tyrian purple toga picta. In the foreground, two Roman magistrates are identified by their toga praetexta, white with a stripe of Tyrian purple.
Two shells of Bolinus brandaris, the spiny dye-murex, a source of the dye
Two shells of Bolinus brandaris, the spiny dye-murex, a source of the dye
Murex shells at the site of purple dye production in ancient Aperlae, Lycia
Murex shells at the site of purple dye production in ancient Aperlae, Lycia