medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Is that a metal armature holding the top part of the desk, what kind of
metal, & did it swivel or anything?
DW
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> http://www.kzoo.edu/history/Wickstrom/vincent.jpg
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> The URL above goes to a supposed illustration of Vincent of Beauvais
> (BL Royal MS. 14.E.1, 15^th c) I ran across browsing a book on
> illuminations. Vincent, as is well-known, was a Dominican friar. Yet
> this is in no way a Dominican habit. Indeed, I don’t know what
> religious order has this sort of habit. It is as if the proper colors
> were completely reversed. My experience is that at least later
> medieval MSS are careful about such details. Any speculations about
> this strange garb for an OP?
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