Blue tooth reveals unknown female artist from medieval times

BBC ^ | Jan 9, 2019 | Matt McGrath

[rdl6989]

he weird habit of licking the end of a paintbrush has revealed new evidence about the life of an artist more than 900 years after her death.

Scientists found tiny blue paint flecks had accumulated on the teeth of a medieval German nun.

The particles of the rare lapis lazuli pigment likely collected as she touched the end of her brush with her tongue.

The researchers say it shows women were more involved in the illumination of sacred texts than previously thought.

[rdl6989]

I find it very interesting that the lapiz lazuli came all the way from Afghanistan.

[rdl6989]

Ping.

[bwest]

Why did this take so long? A blue tooth always has a default password of 0000.

[Red Badger]

[2banana]

Maybe it was on airplane mode...

[MrEdd]

All the performances at the convent were presented using blue toothed speakers...

[MayflowerMadam]

Oh... I had forgotten about Blue Nun! Nasty.

[Beowulf9]

Probably trying to get the bristles to a sharp point. Not as weird a habit as you would think. Van Gogh did the same.

[OKSooner]

Oh, from the headline I was thinking it might be something about Annie Lenox.

[rdl6989]

Thanks, I didn’t know this.

[Mathews]

My grandma loved this stuff.

[EMI_Guy]

[Grimmy]

A paint brush licker isn’t necessarily an artist, nor an illuminator of sacred books and scrolls.

Could be she just sneaked into the paint shop after hours and licked the paint brushes.

Or, maybe she whined one time too many to the Mother Superior about wanting to be a painter and had to spend the rest of her days with a paint brush stuck in her mouth as penitence.

[rdl6989]

Good point.

[W.]

So was Riuniti. Cheap, though, and they both got the job done...

[Texan5]

Yech-I’d forgotten about that nasty-tasting wine-one of my friends used to serve/bring it when we wives gathered at someone’s house while our husbands played poker at someone else’s-horrible stuff...

[Red Badger]

Nasty? This is nasty!....................

[rdl6989]

I’ve never heard of it.

[Red Badger]

It’s Portuguese.

It was a ‘fad’ back in the 70’s..................

[Red Badger]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mateus_(wine)