Color my world: A personal scientific odyssey into the art of ancient dyes

For The Sake of Humanity: Essays in Honour of Clemens N. Nathan

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 155-189

  Koren, Zvi C ^a  

^a SHENKAR COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING AND DESIGN   (Israel)

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DOI: 10.1163/ej.9789004141254.i-394.32     Document Type: Chapter

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