Renaissance Colour Symbolism: Primary Sources

RENAISSANCE COLOUR SYMBOLISM brings together selected primary sources with original annotated English translations of ’Le Blason de toutes armes et éscutz’ (1420/1495) by Jean Courtois, the Sicily Herald, ’Le Blason des couleurs en armes, livrées et devises’ (1527) by Gilles Corrozet, ’Libellus de coloribus’ (1528) by Antonio Telesio (Thylesius), ’Del significato de’ colori’ (1535) by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato, and sections of ’The Accedence of Armorie’ (1562/1612) by Gerard Leigh, and ’Trattato dell’ arte della pittura, scoltura, et architettura’ (1585) by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. The original texts accompany the translations.