medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Maddy,
In Philip the Bold's funeral cortege in 1404, 100 burgesses and 100 poor
men of Dijon were arrayed in black, but that is not surprising since
Philip the Bold was noted as the 15th-century Man in Black, and that was
the prominent colour of the livery for the whole funeral. See the
detailed account of the funeral in Richard Vaughn, John the Fearless
(London, 1966), pp. 1-2.
Cheers,
Jim
Madeleine Gray wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
> With a former colleague (Chris Buckley who contributed to the
> discussion of holywater in place names) I'm having another go at the
> identification and significance of some of the statues on Prince
> Arthur's chantry at Worcester.
>
> 2 questions:
>
> 1. Does anyone know of a decent online version of the apocryphal
> gospels - particularly the Gospel of Nicodemus?
>
> 2. I think it's possible that some of the figures are bedesmen from
> the funeral procession and that one is one of the poor men given gowns
> to walk in the procession. This is of course a common feature in late
> medieval wills and funerals - but does anyone know of any specific
> descriptions of the kind of robes they were given? The figure we are
> looking at has quite an elaborate robe with buttons down the front and
> nice buttoned sleeves, but he's barefoot.
>
> Best wishes
> Maddy
>
> Dr Madeleine Gray
> Reader in History
> School of Education/Ysgol Addysg
> University of Wales, Newport/Prifysgol Cymru, Casnewydd
> Caerleon Campus/Campws Caerllion ,
> Newport/Casnewydd NP18 3QT Tel: +44 (0)1633.432675
>
> 'You may not be able to change the world but at least you can
> embarrass the guilty'
> (Jessica Mitford)
>
>
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