Literary notes about vert (AI summary)
In literature, the color vert is deployed with rich versatility and symbolic heft. In heraldry, for example, it designates a lush, green field—as in the classic blazon of a horse set against a field of vert in [1] and the emblems described in [2] and [3]—imbuing the design with a sense of natural vitality. Its use extends beyond heraldic arms into the culinary realm, where expressions like haricots vert in [4] and potage vert in [5] evoke the freshness of green produce. Moreover, vert appears in detailed, evocative imagery: a velvety garment rendered in a striking green hue in [6], the deep, shadowed green of a mysterious iris in [7], or even a green patina derived from copper in [8]. This broad application, together with its association with feelings of joy and renewal as noted in [9], demonstrates how vert enriches literary descriptions by linking the literal color with layers of cultural and emotive meaning.
- Vert; a horse unbridled; draped, argent, a cross, gules.
— from Val d'Arno Ten Lectures on the Tuscan Art Directly Antecedent to the Florentine Year of Victories; Given Before the University of Oxford in Michaelmas Term, 1873 by John Ruskin - —Arms of Piers de Gaveston, Earl of Cornwall ( d. 1312): Vert, six eagles or.
— from A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - It represents three white altar-tombs on a green ground; to speak in the language of heraldry: Vert, three tombstones argent.
— from Summer Days in Shakespeare Land by Charles G. (Charles George) Harper - For instance, "string beans" can never be haricots vert .
— from In Pastures New by George Ade - Coffee DINNER Potage vert pré Smoked eels with rye bread Corned beef and cabbage Boiled potatoes
— from The Hotel St. Francis Cook Book by Victor Hirtzler - [1177] "Une robe de velours vert couverté de Broderies, gimpeures, et cordons d'or et d'argent, et bordée d'un passement de même.
— from History of Lace by Palliser, Bury, Mrs. - with that dark, indescribable vert iris that has the transparent depth of shadowed sea-water.
— from The Unknown Sea by Clemence Housman - This colour was derived from copper, and is called " vert de cuivre ."
— from Chats on Oriental China by J. F. Blacker - Vert , per se , means joy, love, and gladness.
— from The Curiosities of Heraldry by Mark Antony Lower
