Abstract
Medieval canon law attempted to distinguish clergy from the laity by restricting their dress choices. The article focuses on prohibition of wearing red or green on the street. Both colors were identified with the nobility.
- Title
- Forbidden Colors in the Regulation of Clerical Dress from the Fourth Lateran Council (1215) to the Time of Nicholas of Cusa (d. 1464)
- Creators
- Thomas M. Izbicki (Author) - Research & Instructional Services (RIS), Rutgers University
- Date published
- 2005
- Publisher
- Boydell
- Number of pages
- 10 p.
- Academic Unit
- Rutgers University Libraries; New Brunswick Libraries
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Book chapter
- Comment
- The published version was published as Chapter 7 in Medieval Clothing and Textiles 1
- Identifiers
- 991031549994004646