> >Dear Daron, > >Thanks a lot for the information, Our ILL people are chasing it even now! > >cheers > > >Tony My pleasure! I hope Trichet helps - although I must confess that I spent more time reading the earlier part of his book, which deals with earlier regulations regarding clerical attire. As the later section deals mostly with the tradition of the soutane, I just hope that there is still some information which might help you. He tends to translate sources, and does not always reference as fully as he might, but I hope that this is not a problem for your purposes this time. If Trichet fails, you could always try: BOCK, Franz, Geschichte der liturgischen Gewänder des Mittelalters. Entstehung und Entwicklung der kirchlichen Ornate und Paramente. 3 vols (reprint of Bonn, 1859-1871) (Graz, 1970). BRAUN, Joseph, Die liturgische Gewandung im Occident und Orient nach Ursprung und Entwicklung, Verwendung und Symbolik (1st edn. 1907) (Darmstadt, 1964). KÖHLER, Carl, A History of Costume (New York, 1963). KONIG, R., Macht und Reiz der Mode. Verständnisvolle Betrachtungen eines Soziologen (Düsseldorf, 1971). LEHMANN-LANGHOLZ, Ulrike, Kleiderkritik in mittelalterlicher Dichtung (Frankfurt a. M., 1985). MACALISTER, R. A. S., Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their Development and History (London, 1896). NORRIS, Herbert, Church Vestments, Their Origin and Development (London, 1949). PIEPKORN, Arthur, Die liturgischen Gewänder in der lutherischen Kirche seit 1555 (Marburg, 1965). THIEL, Erika, Geschichte des Kostüms. Die europäische Mode von den Anfängen bis zur Gegenwart (Berlin, 1973). TRICHET, Louis, Le costume du clergé: ses origines et son évolution en France d'après les règlements de l'Eglise (Paris, 1986). TURNAU, I., and SZYMANSKA, I., European Occupational Dress from the Fourteenth to the Eighteenth Century (Warsaw, 1994). I hope at least one of these might help! Best wishes, DARON Daron Burrows, Trinity College, Oxford University. [log in to unmask] %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%