RENAISSANCE COLOUR SYMBOLISM: PRIMARY SOURCES

Renaissance Colour Symbolism: Primary Sources brings together original, annotated translations of Le Blason de toutes armes et escutz (1495) by the Sicily Herald (Jean Courtois), Le Blason des couleurs en armes, livrées et devises (1527) by Gilles Corrozet, Libellus de coloribus (1528) by Antonio Telesio (Thylesius), and Del significato de colori (1535) by Fulvio Pellegrino Morato, as well as parts of The Accedence of Armorie (1562/1612) by Gerard Leigh, and Trattato dellarte della pittura, scoltura, et architettura (1585) by Giovanni Paolo Lomazzo. The original texts accompany the translations.