On medieval colour symbolism, see the work of Friedrich Ohly and his pupils
(Ohly-Schule) at Muenster in the 60s through present. That's not to say
there's not room for further woek, however.
Andrew Gow
At 11:27 AM 1/29/00 -0800, you wrote:
>I believe that color was of supreme symbolic/iconographical importance
>in the Middle Ages, especially in mss., and not just in images. This is
>a topic that could use some exploration. I'm reminded of the French
>symbolist poet Rimbaud, who wrote a poem about the "color" of vowels.
>Medieval Synesthesia - dissertation/book, anyone?
>Kathryn Wildgen
>Newcomer to the list
>Professor of French
>Un. of New Orleans
>
>"Jennifer M. Lockhart" wrote:
>>
>> I wonder if anyone can help a neophyte to the world of manuscripts! I was
>> taking a look at a bible at University of Pennslyvania, MS 286, a Paris
>> bible from 1300. I noticed that there was something that looked like an
>> index in the front...probably 30 pages of alphabetized Latin, with no
>> illuminations. The first letter of each line was highlighted in a color
>> of red or blue. The As lasted for a several pages. I though I spotted
>> some proper nouns at the beginning of some lines, things like "Balaam."
>> I didn't translate the Latin, but could with more time...I just happened
>> to be looking at this book in another context, but was curious about this
>> feature.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Jennifer Lockhart
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