Jane wrote:

>A question has come up on another list about mourning colors in Europe during 
>the Renaissance.  Black was
>obviously worn for fashion, not necessarily mourning.  Some sources say that 
>white was worn for mourning in
> France.  What say you?

I only know that there's a famous portrait of Mary Queen of Scots "en deuil 
blanc" (in white mourning) for her first husband.

Kate Bunting
Cataloguing & Data Quality Librarian
University of Derby

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