Re: HIST: Origin of Iris Symbolism
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- Date: Thu, 14 Jan 1999 05:47:30 -0800
From: "Julia Rankin" <breckenridge@bnis.net>
I understand from a friend of mine in France that the iris continues to be
called the Fleur de lis there, ie that is the French name for the iris... It
is heavily used in medieval painting and because of it's tri partite form
always taken as a symbol of the Trinity. A favorite design in medieval times
is a pattern of golden fleur de lis on a field of blue. The origin of the
trinitarian symbolism is obvius: the tri-partite form would have instantly
truck the medieval mind as a reference to the Trinity.
Julia Rankin
breckenridge@bnis.net
-----Original Message-----
From: Jeff and Carolyn Walters <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: iris-talk@onelist.com <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Date: Wednesday, January 13, 1999 9:37 PM
Subject: [iris-talk] Re: HIST: Origin of Iris Symbolism
>From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
>
>> From: John I Jones <jijones@ix.netcom.com>
>>
>> I get some strange mail. How this person ever found my address is beyond
>me -
>> but it is sort of an interesting question.(clip)
>> > Have you an idea where we can find reference to the origins of either
>> > lore, and of the relationship to the fleur-de-lis?
>> So, anyone have any thoughts?
>
>John,
>
>Check out the article "The Fleur-de-Lis an Iris?" by AIS President Clarence
>Mahan in the Fall, 1998 issue of ROOTS, the HIPS journal.
>
>Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
>jcwalters@bridgernet.com
>
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