The Medieval Gaze at Grips with a Medieval World
- Author / Editor
- Huxtable, Michael J.
The Medieval Gaze at Grips with a Medieval World
- Published
- C. P. Biggam and C. J. Kay, eds. Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and Culture (Amsterdam and Philadelphia: Benjamins, 2006), pp. 199-217.
- Description
- Huxtable surveys medieval philosophical and religious understanding of sight and color as background to commentary on social concerns with color in sumptuary habits and heraldry. In ParsT 10.424-27, colorful clothing indicates a sinful nature.
- Contributor
- Biggam, C. P., ed
- Kay, C. J., ed.
- Alternative Title
- Progress in Colour Studies: Volume I. Language and Culture.
- Chaucer Subjects
- Parson and His Tale.