As I am currently bilocating between my family in Berlin and a new job in
Munich, it has taken me some time before I could check my bibliography on
the colour "perso" in Dante and on medieval colour symbolism in general.
Yet I hope the following is still of interest:
On "perso" in Dante:
TOYNBEE Paget
The colour 'perse' in Dante and other mediaeval writers. In:
id., Dante Studies and Researches, London 1902, p.307-314
On medieval colour symbolism in general:
HAUPT Gottfried
Die Farbensymbolik in der sakralen Kunst des abendla"ndischen
Mittelalters. Ein Beitrag zur mittelalterlichen Form- und
Geistesgeschichte [Diss. Leipzig]. Dresden 1941
SKARD Sigmund
The Use of Color in Literature. A Survey of Research. In:
Proceedings of the American Philosophical Society 90,3
(1946), p.163-249
OHLY Friedrich
Probleme der mittelalterlichen Bedeutungsforschung und das
Taubenbild des Hugo de Folieto. In: Fru"hmittelalterliche
Studien 2 (1968), p.162-201
repr. in id., Schriften zur mittelalterlichen Bedeutungs-
forschung, Darmstadt: WBG, 1977, p.32-92
MEIER Christel
Die Bedeutung der Farben im Werk Hildegards von Bingen. In:
Fru"hmittelalterliche Studien 6 (1972), p.245-355
BENZ Ernst
Die Farbe im Erlebnisbereich der christlichen Vision. In:
*Die Welt der Farben, ed. Adolf Portmann / Rudolf Ritsema,
Leiden 1974 (= Eranos-Jahrbuch 41, 1972), p.265-325
MEIER/SUNTRUP
Christel Meier / Rudolf Suntrup, Zum Lexikon der Farbenbe-
deutungen im Mittelalter. Einfu"hrung zu Gegenstand und Me-
thoden sowie Probeartikel aus dem Farbenbereich 'Rot'. In:
Fru"hmittelalterliche Studien 21 (1987), p.390-478
As I recall our earlier discussion, somebody also mentioned colours in
heraldics. I have never looked into these and don't know if there are
studies regarding the medieval period, but for the Renaissance period the
following might be a starting point:
SALZA A.
Imprese e divise d'arme e d'amore nell'Orlando Furioso con
notizia di alcuni trattati del '500 sui colori. In: GSLI 38
(1901), p.310-363
[GSLI = Giornale Storico della Letteratura Italiana]
Best regards to all,
Otfried
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