The red rose, according to Christian symbolism, portrays the wounds of Christ, therefore, celestial love. This rose is called Rosa Candida in Dante's Divine Comedy. The white rose portrays the perfection of the virgin. On the contrary, courtly poetry in the Middle Ages, regarded the rose as the symbol of earthly love, although it was pure, sublime, and of an almost mystical essence. That is how it can be found in the first part of the Romance of the Rose, taking part in a wonderful garden, and hortus conclusus, engendered by the power of dream. The image of the "lady" tends to assimilate to the one of the Virgin Mary; the rose, since then, has remained a love symbol.
FROM RED TO WHITE : ALL OTHER COLOURS REMAINED STABLE ;
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