A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . cJHIs e^-T kpA*) <tJ*-»U) <y*-ts OF BLEW. QHAT. XTIIL. Z v r e Blewjbefidcs other fignifications that it hath,noteth loftinefle of the minde, faith and zeale, asthe Francifcans fay. It was vfed by the Firgine CMa-ry in her attire vntill,the paffion of her fonne. Befides,manyofthe Apoftles vfedit: And Chrift himfelfe ispainted with a garment of this colour. And fo docthe Papifts reprcfent God the Father, becaufc ^fzurerefcmbleth the colour of the skic, nearer then any o-ther. ^r/Vordained, thatthc Friers called
A tracte containing the artes of curious paintinge, caruinge & buildinge . cJHIs e^-T kpA*) <tJ*-»U) <y*-ts OF BLEW. QHAT. XTIIL. Z v r e Blewjbefidcs other fignifications that it hath,noteth loftinefle of the minde, faith and zeale, asthe Francifcans fay. It was vfed by the Firgine CMa-ry in her attire vntill,the paffion of her fonne. Befides,manyofthe Apoftles vfedit: And Chrift himfelfe ispainted with a garment of this colour. And fo docthe Papifts reprcfent God the Father, becaufc ^fzurerefcmbleth the colour of the skic, nearer then any o-ther. ^r/Vordained, thatthc Friers calledCrucigert> fhouldwearehabites of this colour. And I/is the ancient goddefle ofthe Mgjptians,hz&her Prieftes cloathed in this colour, to the intent that the people beholdingthem ,might be put in minde of hcauen. Perfitufat. i .(peaking of Blew gar-ments,fheweth that they belong only tofuch perfbns,asafpirc vnto highmatters: And Cicero vfed fometimes to weare this colour,giuing men there-by to vnderftand, that he bare an afpiring minde. We read in Hetter, thatVxn^AJJuemt had al his chambers hanged with Blew, to fhew the loft
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