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| Hi, Did they have paint back in the medieval ages? I'm thinking of making a gray building for example, but parts of the wall will have red "bricks" exposed. I don't think that would be correct for that time period though... Right? Bryan (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| In lugnet.castle, Bryan Wong writes (...) I think so.. IIRC some pigments were in greater supply than others though. (...) Well, I know that Stirling Castle, Scotland had golden-yellow daubing on the walls, partly protection for the stone, partly (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) I just found a reference to Royal Purple paint first being used in Egypt in 1600 BC at (URL) at other references, it is clear that paint is a very early invention (the Lascaux cave paintings for example). (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) ...They had whitewash mixes usually, tho painting large structures was not common except real rich people. What would be (semi) common though was a brick wall with plaster covering (bricks were not as durable/weathereable, so the plaster (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| I'm trying to Remember my medieval Architecture class but what you said sounds right. They had paint but generally not for buildings. A stone structure was a stone structure they just made the stone structure look good (aprox 1100ad to 1300ad) (...) (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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| (...) oops typo the date was suposed to be after the word cathedrals. :-) John (25 years ago, 25-Apr-00, to lugnet.castle)
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