Which outcome resulted from reduced *murex* harvesting in Tyrian purple dye production during the late Byzantine Empire?

💡 Explanation

Production quantity dictated usage; the *murex* supply bottleneck caused *diffusion*, because imperial purple was harder to make/obtain outside limited workshops. Therefore, purple lost status value for Byzantines, rather than increasing parchment use; gold alchemy or violet alternatives are irrelevant to the supply constraint.

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