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Thanks! I suspected already it would be a translation issue - colors are always tricky to translate. I'll add your comment to the post

I glanced around to see which translations were around in the 12th, 13th and 14th centuries but unfortunately a number of the more interesting manuscripts (in Bern, British Library, etc.) haven't yet been digitized.

Still, there might be enough of them out there to get a sense of how they were being transmitted at the time.

I did see a reference that only the more popular tales (like Philomena/Philomela) were copied in many of the earlier manuscripts but, by the 15th century, tended to include most of the stories.


Well, I need some sleep. A very interesting lead and read and might have some validity—I've been wondering for a long time why the nymphs on this page had their hands behind their backs. Thanks for posting.