The latest volume in the series of conference proceedings of the Dyes in History and Archaeology. Dye Analyses of Selected Textiles from Three Roman Sites in the Eastern Desert of Egypt 1. A Hypothesis on the Dyeing Technology in Roman and Coptic Egypt Jan Wouters, Ina Vanden Berghe, Ghislaine Richard, René Breniaux and Dominique Cardon
2. Dyestuff Analysis of Two Textile Fragments from Late Antiquity Regina Hofmann-de Keijzer and Maarten R. van Bommel
3. A New HPLC-PDA Method for the Analysis of Tyrian Purple Components Zvi C. Koren
4. The Biblical Dye Tekhelet and its Use in Jewish Textiles I. Irving Ziderman
5. Indigo-Reducing Bacteria from the Medieval Woad (Isatis tinctoria L.) Vat: Some Aspects of their Interaction with Indigo Philip John, Stylianos Arghyros and Sonja Nicholson
6. Woad Production in Catalonia and Roussillon at the End of the Middle Ages Anthony Pinto
7. The Identification of Purple in Manuscripts Cheryl Porter
8. Missal Blue: Anthocyanins in Nature and Art Maria João Melo
9. Sanguis draconis, Dragonsblood: The Use and Analysis of a Manuscript Illuminators' Colorant Arie Wallert and Maarten R. van Bommel
10. Some Aspects of Medieval and Renaissance Lake Pigment Technology Jo Kirby
11. Monitoring of Damage to Historic Tapestries (MODHT): A Newly Initiated EU project Anita Quye
12. Dye Analysis of Braids used for Japanese Armour dating from the 14th to the 16th Centuries (Poster presentation) Yoshiko Sasaki, Masanori Sato, Mari Omura and Ken Sasaki
13. Chromatographic and Spectroscopic Differentiation of Insect Dyes on East Asian Paintings (Poster presentation) Jennifer Giaccai
14. A Study of Model Carmine Lakes on the Basis of Cochineal, Collagen and Mordant Salts Valery Golikov and Zoë Zharikova
15. Natural Dyes used in Polish Workshops in the 17th-18th Centuries Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewozna
16. Archaeology and Dyeing Traditions in West Africa Marie Marquet
17. Chinese Green: Experimental Investigations (Poster presentation) Christopher J. Cooksey, Alan T. Dronsfield and Jo Kirby
18. Logwood under the Microscope Brian H. Davies
19. Edward Schunck - Forgotten Dyestuffs Chemist? Christopher J. Cooksey and Alan T. Dronsfield
20. Spectroscopic Studies (FTIR, SIMS, ES-MS) on the Structure of Anthraquinone-Aluminium Complexes (Poster presentation) Jana Sanyova
21. Computation of a Visible Light Absorption Spectrum, a Semi-Empirical Quantum Mechanical Approach: Application to the Colour Determination of Alizarin Complexes whether in Solution or Chemisorbed onto Cellulose François Delamare and Bernard Monasse
22. Evaluation of Consolidants for Black Iron Tannate-Dyed Maori Textiles (Poster presentation) Rangi Te Kanawa, Gerald J. Smith, Glenn A. Fenton, Ian J. Miller and Cara L. Dunford
23. In the Circle of Colour - Natural Dyeing of Flax, Silk and Wool (Poster presentation) Katarzyna Schmidt-Przewozna and Witold Przewozny