medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Jim Bugslag wrote:
>
> Being something of a sceptic when it comes to colour symbolism, I would maintain
> that much of the "symbolism" for these colours post-dates the artistic traditions that
> gave rise to them in the first place. At the very least, most explicit statements of
> colour symbolism overwhelmingly post-date the Middle Ages...
This is the point I was trying to make in quoting Brewer's Phrase &
Fable on color associations. It mostly falls on later observers to make
such associations and affix them in the culture.
Cheers,
Al Magary
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