ABSTRACT This article examines the relationship between the colour blue and the virtue of loyalty during the later Middle Ages. While it may not have been a colour with powerful symbolic resonances earlier in the medieval epoch, blue came to be regarded as increasingly prestigious as the period progressed. References to its association with loyalty and its concomitant virtues appear on the Continent and found their way to England. After briefly outlining the significance of blue in the medieval period, the paper examines this connection between colour and virtue in literature, heraldic treatises and works of art, arguing that it became generally accepted, although not all agreed on the association.

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真蓝色：中世纪后期色彩与忠诚之间的联系

摘要本文探讨了中世纪后期蓝色与忠诚度之间的关系。尽管在中世纪早期它可能不是具有强烈符号共鸣的颜色，但是随着时代的发展，蓝色逐渐被人们视为享有盛誉。关于忠诚与忠诚的联系及其伴随的美德出现在欧洲大陆上，并找到了通往英国的道路。在简要概述了蓝色在中世纪时期的意义后，本文研究了色彩与美德在文学，纹章学论文和艺术品中的这种联系，认为尽管它并未得到所有人的认可，但它已被普遍接受。