Abstract

CHAMBEL, Pedro. O Simbolismo das Cores no Livro de José de Arimateia. Medievalista [online]. 2011, n.10, pp.90-119.  Epub Dec 31, 2011. ISSN 1646-740X.  https://doi.org/10.4000/medievalista.232.

The Book of Joseph of Arimathea is a medieval text probably translated to Portuguese in the XIIIth century, wrote as the first part of the Post-Vulgate cycle. The book is a narrative about the Holy Grail, the chalice that was supposed to contain the blood shed by Jesus Christ while crucified, collected by Joseph of Arimathea; and also the adventures of the characters that interact with the grail while it was taken from Jerusalem to Great Britain. In this text there are references to several colors - white, red, green, black, blue and gold - which have symbolic meanings, that must be interpreted and taken into account on the analysis and comprehension of a narrative with a strong allegoric-symbolic content. Therefore, I intend to add a contribution to the study of the colors symbolism on Portuguese medieval texts, as an approach to their analysis, and give rise to a comparison of the meanings proposed by this study both with those of other texts written around the same time, and with other medieval forms of expression.

Keywords : Joseph of Arimathea; colors; symbolism; Holy Grail.

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