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Edition 26 (2010) Winner
Michel Pastoureau
ミシェル・パストゥロー
Mishieru Pasutourō
Profile
- Gender
- Male
- Born
- 1947-06-17 （Paris）
- Nationality
- France
- Languages
- French
- Residence History
- Paris
Career
- Occupations
- professor of medieval history, expert in symbology, historian
- Active Years
- 1972-2024
- Affiliations
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, École pratique des hautes études
- Memberships
- Académie internationale d'héraldique, Société française d'héraldique et de sigillographie (honorary president)
Education
| Institution | Faculty | Department | Degree | Period | Country |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| École Nationale des Chartes | — | History | thesis | 1960s-1972 | France |
École Nationale des Chartes
History
Degree:
thesis
Period:
1960s-1972
Year of Graduation:
1972
Country:
France
Thesis on heraldic bestiaries
Awards
| Year | Award | Work | Category | Organization | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1996 | Honorary Doctorate from University of Lausanne | — | — | University of Lausanne | 受賞 |
Honorary Doctorate from University of Lausanne
1996
Organization:
University of Lausanne
Result:
受賞
Awards & Nominations
Works
Major Works
Figures de l'héraldique
1996 HeraldryIntroduction to heraldry
heraldrysymbols
Translations
- Heraldry: Its Origins and Meaning
Bibliography
- Vert. Histoire d'une couleur (2013)
- L'ours. Histoire d'un roi déchu (2007)
- Les chevaliers de la Table ronde (2006)
- Une histoire symbolique du Moyen Âge occidental (2004)
- Traité d'héraldique (1979, multiple editions)
- Bleu: Histoire d'une couleur (2000)
- Les animaux célèbres (2001)
- Les emblèmes de la France (1998)
- Jésus chez le teinturier (1997)
- Dictionnaire des couleurs de notre temps (1992)
- L'étoffe du diable (1991)
- L'hermine et le sinople (1982)
Translations of Works
- Blue: The History of a Color (2001)
- Black: The History of a Color (2008)
- The Bear: History of a Fallen King (2011)
- Green: The History of a Color (2014)
- Red: The History of a Color (2016)
- Yellow: A History of a Color (2019)
- White: A History of a Color (2022)
Style & Themes
- Literary Style
- scholarlysymbolic analysis
- Recurring Motifs
- colorsanimalsheraldrysymbols
Legacy
Eminent scholar of Western symbology and medieval history, renowned for works on the history of colors.