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ID: 300311206
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300311206

 

Record Type: concept
munjeet (colorant) (<colorant for dye and pigment>, colorant (material), ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A natural orange-red dye extracted from the root of the of the munjeet plant, Rubia cordifolia, indigenous to the mountainous regions of Asia. Munjeet is a lightfast dye that was historically used for dying cotton in Asia. The principle colorant is munjistin, an anthraquinone, and it also contains smaller amounts of purpurin, pseudopurpurin, alizarin, and xanthopurpurin.
 
Terms:
munjeet (colorant) (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)
munjeet (colorant) (Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by function>
............ <materials by function> (G)
Hierarchy of colorant (material)
................ colorant (material) (G)
Hierarchy of <colorant for dye and pigment>
.................... <colorant for dye and pigment> (G)
Hierarchy of munjeet (colorant)
........................ munjeet (colorant) (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Een natuurlijke oranjerode verfstof die wordt gewonnen uit de wortel van de Indische meekrap (Rubia cordifolia), afkomstig uit de bergachtige gebieden van AziĆ«. Munjeet is een lichtechte verfstof die vroeger in AziĆ« werd gebruikt voor het verven van katoen. Het belangrijkste kleurmiddel is munjistin, een anthrachinon, en het bevat ook kleinere hoeveelheden purpurine, pseudopurpurine, alizarine en xanthopurpurine. 

Related concepts:
derived/made from ....  Rubia cordifolia
................................  (Rubia (genus), Rubiaceae (family), ... Living Organisms (hierarchy name)) [300400868]

Sources and Contributors:
munjeet (colorant)............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred, VP Preferred]
...................................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
...................................  Mayer, Artist's Handbook of Materials and Techniques (1981)
...................................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 5 January 2009
...................................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 5 January 2009
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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