According to the Oxford Latin Dictionary, "cucullus" means hood; the hood
does not make the monk.
I found the phrase in Hans Walther, Proverbia sententiaeque latinitatis
medii aevi, nova series 1 (or vol. 7 overall) (Gottingen: Vandenhoeck &
Ruprecht, 1982), p. 460 nr. 35860, "Cucullus non fecit monachum." Among
the bibliographic cites there is P. v. Moos, "Hildebert von Lavardin
(Stuttgart, 1965), p. 142.
Tom Izbicki
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