Abstract
We present a new analysis of Robert Grosseteste’s account of color in his treatise De iride (On the Rainbow), dating from the early 13th century. The work explores color within the 3D framework set out in Grosseteste’s De colore [see J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 29, A346 (2012)], but now links the axes of variation to observable properties of rainbows.
We combine a modern understanding of the physics of rainbows and of human color perception to resolve the linguistic ambiguities of the medieval text and to interpret Grosseteste’s key terms.
We combine a modern understanding of the physics of rainbows and of human color perception to resolve the linguistic ambiguities of the medieval text and to interpret Grosseteste’s key terms.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Pages (from-to) | A341-A349 |
| Number of pages | 9 |
| Journal | Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics Image Science and Vision |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue number | 4 |
| Early online date | 16 Jan 2014 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 3 Mar 2014 |
Keywords
- Color
- Color vision
- Colorimetry
- Atmospheric optics
Fingerprint Dive into the research topics of 'Color-coordinate system from a 13th century account of rainbows'. Together they form a unique fingerprint.
Cite this
Smithson, H. E., Anderson, P. S., Dinkova-Bruun, G., Fosbury, R. A. E., Gasper, G. E. M., Laven, P., McLeish, T. C. B., Panti, C., & Tanner, B. K. (2014). Color-coordinate system from a 13th century account of rainbows. Journal of the Optical Society of America. A, Optics Image Science and Vision, 31(4), A341-A349. https://doi.org/10.1364/JOSAA.31.00A341