>Dear Listmembers
>
>At the moment a group of my students are working on a production of
>Merbury's "Marriage of Wit and Wisdom". This afternoon a simple question
>left me stumped: what kind of clothes would ordinary parish clergy have
>worn in public around 1579?
Dear Tony,
the closest I can get is the amazing work...
AUTHOR: Helyot, Pierre, 1660-1716.
TITLE: Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militaires : et
des congregations seculieres de l'un & de l'autre sexe, qui
ont ete etablies jus qu'a present: contenant leur origine,
leur fondation, leur progres, les evenemens les plus
considerables qui y sont arrives : la decadence des uns et
leur suppression, l'agrandissement des autres, par le moyen
des differentes reformes qui y ont ete introduites, les vies
de leurs fondateurs & leurs reformateurs : avec des figures
qui representent tous les differens habillemens de ces ordres
& de ces congregations.
PUB. INFO: A Paris : Chez Jean-Baptiste Coignard ..., 1721.
DESCRIPTION: 8 v. : ill. ; 26 cm. (4to)
I'm sure there will be SOMETHING in this incredibly illustrated work that will be
of help to you.
George
George Ferzoco tel ++ 44 (0)116 252 2654
Director of Studies for Italian fax ++ 44 (0)116 252 3633
University of Leicester e-mail [log in to unmask]
School of Modern Languages
LEICESTER LE1 7RH UNITED KINGDOM
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