medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Fri, 21 Feb 2003 12:04:17 +0000, you wrote:
>medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>As is well known the Franciscans are called grey friars after the colour of
>their robes, but in the majority of Medieval paintings the colour of the
>robes is brown (for example St Francis picture on The Franciscan Institute
>Library homepage)
>
>http://franinst.sbu.edu/filib/
>
>Did they change to wearing brown and if so when did the change from grey to
>brown take place
>
>Cheers
>
>Chris Daniell
I think the change in colours came when the Franciscans split into
Capuchins and Regulars in the early 16th century. The Capuchins wore grey
habits, the regulars brown.
Gordon
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