Gallery: Gardens & nature: Herbs, flowers & fruit: Herbal dyes: Madder

This series focuses on the madder plant Rubia Tintoria, used to produce a range of beautiful red/purple colours for illuminated manuscripts such as the Lindisfarne Gospels.

Music: 'The Turning' by Derek Hobbs.

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Harmony in Rose and Purple; Diptych Interlude - Rose Madder Interlude - Red and Violet Study in Rose; Diptych
M1/2 Harmony in Rose and Purple: Diptych M3 Interlude - Rose Madder M4 Interlude - Red and Violet M5/6 Study in Rose: Diptych