Please accept my apologies: the discussion of blue took place on this list in
1997 under the subject line "Blue robe."
Sorry.
"Stephen J. Harris" wrote:
> You'll find a long discussion of the color blue, its cost and its
> significance on the ANSAX list database: http://www.mun.ca/Ansaxdat/
>
> Hope this helps,
>
> Stephen
>
> acs109 wrote:
>
> > Can any of the learned listmembers tell me when and why the BVM changes
> > her clothes, ie in painting, glass etc., from frequently wearing red (or
> > green, or red and white) in the middle ages to the now almost uniform
> > blue? A medieval art historian friend has suggested the high status of
> > blue pigment, as the most expensive, in the Renaissance as one possible
> > reason for the shift. Other ideas?
> >
> > Many thanks,
> >
> > Anna Sander
> > Centre for Medieval Studies
> > University of York, UK
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