They are called 'mitred abbots' so I always imagined they wore mitres ...
FWIW (shameless self-publicity warning)
The Welsh St Gwenfrewi/Winifred is depicted on the seal of the diocese of
St Asaph carrying a crozier ( and in the other hand she has what looks
uncommonly like her own reliquary from Gwytherin - a nice bit of prolepsis)
and according to the Rev John Parker's sketch of the rood screen at Pennant
Melangell (Mont) this once depicted St Melangell with a crozier - but it
has been broken off.
Now comes the shameless bit - pictures of both are in my book Images of
Piety, published by BAR just before the clock struck midnight on 31 Dec
2000 (UK academics will understand the significance of that one.)
And this is a good moment to acknowledge the truly invaluable help which so
many list members past and present gave in the research and writing - thank
you all very much.
Maddy
Dr Madeleine Gray, in the foothills of God's golden county of Gwent
(Department of Humanities and Science
UWCN Caerleon Campus
PO Box 179
Newport NP18 3YG
Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
http://humanities.newport.ac.uk/history.html)
'Reading is sometimes an ingenious device for avoiding thought'
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