medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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Tom Izbicki
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>>> Robin Netherton <[log in to unmask]> 03/14/06 8:37 AM >>>
On Mon, 13 Mar 2006, Thomas Izbicki wrote:
> >>> [log in to unmask] 03/13/06 4:22 AM >>>
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and
> culture
>
> I think that medieval monastic legislation on dress often specified
> that underwear had to be worn by monks or friars when going outside
> the monastery: i.e. there was a pragmatic concern for modesty when
> travelling about, which would not apply, of course, at burial. I've
> just looked in Giancarlo Rocca, ed., La sostanza dell'effimero: gli
> abiti degli ordini religiosi in occidente (Rome: Edizioni Paoline,
> 2000) for verification, but without success. Someone else may have a
> source to hand.
I recognized the bit about undergarments and travel, and someone on
the
historic costume list was able to put a finger on the reference. She
gave
permission for you to forward this on to the M-R list if you think it
would be of interest.
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Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2006 09:45:28 +0000 (GMT)
From: Lena <[log in to unmask]>
Reply-To: Historical Costume <[log in to unmask]>
To: Historical Costume <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [h-cost] Medieval clerical underwear
From "The Rule of St Benedict", chapter 55.
In latin: (for those who don't trust translations :-)
Femoralia hi qui in via diriguntur de vestario
accipiant, quae revertentes lota ibi restituant. Et
cucullae et tunicae sint aliquanto a solio quas habent
modice meliores; quas exeuntes in via accipiant de
vestario et revertentes restituant.
And in English:
Brothers going on a journey should get underclothing
from the wardrobe. On their return they are to wash it
and give it back. Their cowls and tunics, too, ought
to be somewhat better than those they ordinarily wear.
Let them get these from the wardrobe before departing,
and on returning put them back.
On a related note, I'd like to bring attention to the
book "Requiem. The Medieval monastic cemetery in
Britain", by R. Gilchrist and B. Sloane (2005). In
chapter 5, they discuss burial clothing and dress
accessories. Apparently, in quite a few cemeteries
dating to the 14th century, pairs of annular (round)
buckles have been found at the upper femurs of males.
They argue that these would have been used to attach
the hose to the breech-belt. These bodies may have
belonged to laymen rather than monks, though.
/Lena
--- Robin Netherton <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Below forwarded from another list. I could swear
> we've talked about this
> before -- it's in one of the monastic rules, I
> think, perhaps the passage
> that mentions "femoralia" that gets brought up every
> so often? Anyone have
> a source?
>
>
> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>
> I think that medieval monastic legislation on dress
> often specified that
> underwear had to be worn by monks or friars when
> going outside the
> monastery: i.e. there was a pragmatic concern for
> modesty when travelling
> about, which would not apply, of course, at burial.
> I've just looked in
> Giancarlo Rocca, ed., La sostanza dell'effimero: gli
> abiti degli ordini
> religiosi in occidente (Rome: Edizioni Paoline,
> 2000) for verification,
> but without success. Someone else may have a source
> to hand.
>
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