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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture Terri, I seem to recall some monastic habits being depicted in the Book of Kells, but even should I be wrong the librarians of Trinity College Dublin, where it is kept, may be able to point you in the right direction. Best wishes Jane On 9 February 2018 01:51:29 GMT+00:00, Paul Chandler <[log in to unmask]> wrote: >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 -- Sent from my Android device with K-9 Mail. 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