I used a lot of lead and stained glass work in my earlier days. Thing is, I always burnt my self and with the fumes and all, I lost my interest in it. Still like to look at it though!
Heard of the book, but never read it myself. But I can see how it reminds you, as in my painting there are a lot of plant like elements... also attacking the poor guy in the middle!
It sounds like working with lead probably wasn't the safest occupation - especially in the middle ages!
That's right. Plus I don't think the people back then were aware of the danger of lead poisoning. In fact, when I lived in northern Germany in the early 80s, a lot of the plumbing was still with lead pipes.. wondering, as I'm typing this, if this English word has anything to do with the Latin word plumbum..
I'm pretty sure it does! In fact the chemical symbol for lead, Pb, stands for Plumbium too.
That's exactly what I meant... Plumbium = lead -> lead pipes -> plumbing 😁