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"[Let us] chalk our faces so that Gaul will take us for her own sons; as if color alone could change one’s figure!" Did the Romans perceive the Gauls as being particularly pale, or is there a different context I'm missing?

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I had read previously that black was a rare color to produce for dyes in medieval Europe. If this is true, then how did scribes have black-colored ink? If it wasn't black, what color was it?

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Why did monks write in a specific script during the Middle Ages?

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"[Let us] chalk our faces so that Gaul will take us for her own sons; as if color alone could change one’s figure!" Did the Romans perceive the Gauls as being particularly pale, or is there a different context I'm missing?	173	AskHistorians
I had read previously that black was a rare color to produce for dyes in medieval Europe. If this is true, then how did scribes have black-colored ink? If it wasn't black, what color was it?	59	AskHistorians
Why did monks write in a specific script during the Middle Ages?	1	AskHistorians