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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 ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Otfried Lieberknecht, Staff Editor Books (ProSTM), http://www.amazon.de office: tel ++49 +811 882-540, fax 882-380, [log in to unmask] home: Munich tel ++49 +89 765814, Berlin tel ++49 +30 8516675 [log in to unmask], http://www.lieberknecht.de ----------------------------------------------------------------------- %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%