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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture --------- Clergy are not customarily buried with precious items, such as ring, pectoral cross, crozier. The vestment color for the vestments for burying a cleric would be white or candida (by which I mean cloth of gold or cloth of silver). Terrill Heaps ------------- Megan McLaughlin wrote: > Hi. Yes, most funeral ordines from the middle ages specify > that clerics are to be buried in the appropriate vestments. > For references (she says modestly), see my book, Consorting > with Saints: Prayer for the Dead in Early Medieval France > (Cornell, 1994). ********************************************************************** To join the list, send the message: join medieval-religion YOUR NAME to: [log in to unmask] To send a message to the list, address it to: [log in to unmask] To leave the list, send the message: leave medieval-religion to: [log in to unmask] In order to report problems or to contact the list's owners, write to: [log in to unmask] For further information, visit our web site: http://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/lists/medieval-religion.html