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Try the Trappists -- maybe Gethsemane in KY? I understand that speech is now allowed, but they used to have a developed sign language. > -----Original Message----- > From: M.C. Gill [SMTP:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:21 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: signing in monasteries > > With the permission of our gracious listowners, I offer a request for > information from a mature student and teacher of the deaf, who I > taught earlier this summer. She wanted to know if there are any > books or articles about the systems of sign language used in medieval > monasteries during the periods of silence. I know nothing about this > field, but wondered if anyone had any suggestions? > > With grateful thanks > > Miriam Gill %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%