From the Book of Hours of the Duc de Berry

AT Tradition in Action, Hugh O’Reilly writes about medieval dress in “A World of Brilliant Colors.” He writes:

It is hard to imagine such a riot of color in the modern world, unless it is in processions – still seen in England – on the occasion of the marriage of a prince or the coronation of a king, or in certain religious ceremonies that take place in the Vatican. But in the Middle Ages it was not only ceremonial robes that were richly colored. Simple peasants also dressed in bright colors, reds, yellows and blues. The Middle Ages seem to have had a horror of dark shades and everything that has come down to us – frescoes, miniatures, tapestries and stained glass windows – bear witness to this richness of color, which was so characteristic of the period.

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