medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Terri,
You may get some specific and expert answers from more learned listmembers,
but in the meantime by far the best general source on the history of
religious habits is in Italian:
Giancarlo Rocca (ed.), *La sostanza dell’effimero: gli abiti degli
ordini religiosi in Occidente*: Catalogo: Museo Nazionale di Castel
Sant’Angelo, 18 gennaio-31 marzo 2000. Rome: Edizioni Paoline, 2000.
It is the lavishly illustrated catalog of an exhibition in Rome in 2000,
which included many historical artefacts and research-based
reconstructions. Unfortunately I don't have access to it now, and I can't
remember if it would answer your precise question. But if you can locate a
copy in a library near you it would certainly be worth looking at,
including for the illustrations and reconstructions. It includes an
extensive bibliography.
I wonder if Irish monastics felt bound by the dress prescriptions of the
monastic founders of antiquity? If so, it may be worth looking at
Pachomius, Cassian, &c. and the literature on them. Some examples;
Adalbert de Vogüé, Aux origines de l’habit monastique (IIIe-IXe),
in *Studia
monastica* 43:1 (2001) 7-20.
Matias Augé, L'abito monastico dalle origini alla regola di S.
Benedetto, in *Claretianum* 16 (1976) 33-95
Rebecca Krawiec, “Garments of Salvation”: Representations of Monastic
Clothing in Late Antiquity, in *Journal of Early Christian Studies* 17
(2009) 125-150; or directly from the author through ResearchGate:
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236749173_Garments_of_Salvation_Representations_of_Monastic_Clothing_in_Late_Antiquity
-- Paul
On 8 February 2018 at 20:09, Terri Morgan <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
>
>
> Greetings this wintery day.
>
> I am a reenactor who reads this list. I rarely contribute and apologise
> for coming to you with aid. Please do not feel constrained to post a reply.
> I would like to research more fully than I have been able to find
> information about Irish female monastic habits/clothing. I know there is
> precious little that we can find. I know there are not actual
> archaeological sources and precious little in the way of depictions from
> the period for any clothing whatsoever but have you, in your readings,
> noticed a source in written work? I find myself defaulting to “Dress in
> Anglo-Saxon England” as a nearby culture. Surely I am missing a better
> resource. Have you any suggestions? I have not found anything useful in the
> writings of the Venerable Bede or St. Patrick. To tell the truth, I hadn’t
> expected any but I had to try as those were sources I have handily.
>
>
>
> Thank you,
> Terri Morgan, armchair student of history
> ********************************************************************** To
> join the list, send the message: subscribe 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:
> unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion
--
Paul Chandler, O.Carm.
Holy Spirit Seminary | PO Box 18 (487 Earnshaw Road) | Banyo Qld 4014
| Australia
office: (07) 3267 4804 | mobile: 044 882 4996
[log in to unmask]
**********************************************************************
To join the list, send the message: subscribe 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: unsubscribe 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/medieval-religion
