Christina writes:
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> These attributions (and the qualities) originated with Greeks, via
> Rome, Arabs, Middle Ages and Renaissance. These did not change over 1500
> years, as the Greek authorities remained the constant reference point
> for the educated till circa 1750. The book to read on this, with full
> extracts from the Greeks forward, is: Dorian Gieseler Greenbaum, The
> Four Temperaments, which came out about a year ago.
There is a review of Greenbaum's book on the Skyscript site:
http://tinyurl.com/7jcdq
I also recommend Earl R. Andersen's _Folk-Taxonomies in
Early English_, Rosemont/Associated University Presses,
2003, ISBN 083863916X. Proceeds from colors on through the
seasons, geometric shapes, plants, and animals.
Cors in Manu Domine,
~ Khem Caigan
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