Doctissimae/i:
Has anyone come across the phrase *omnipotens auctor* / *auctor omnipotens*
with reference to Christ? There appear to be a number which refer to the
undivided Godhead or to the First Person of the Trinity (i.e. Victorinus,
Rhabanus Maurus, Walafrid Strabo), and then there is Aldhelm's indeterminate
*Omnipotens auctor, nutu qui cuncta creavit* in the Aenigmata (as this
depicts the presentation of the martyrs' laurels, could this be equated with
the Second Person?) - any others?
Gaudia vobis Natalia,
Paul
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Subject: Re: 1550-1625 Painting
Dear Mark,
The following are available at Harvard (what *isn't* at Harvard??), and
perhaps you could check to see if your local university/ies's library might
have them lying around...
Fialetti, Odoardo. De gli habiti delle religioni: con le armi, e breue
descrittion loro. Stampata ... in Venetia: A instanza di Marco Sadeler,
1626.
Capparoni, Giuseppe. Raccolta degli ordini religiosi che esistono nella
citta
di Roma. Roma, G. Capparoni, 1826.
Ganter, Bernard J.. Clerical attire; a historical synopsis and a
commentary.
Catholic University of America. Canon law studies, 361. Thesis--Catholic
University of America. (not illustrated, but with some useful bibliography)
and the granddaddy of them all:
Helyot, Pierre. Histoire des ordres monastiques, religieux et militaires:
et
des congregations seculieres de l'un & de l'autre sexe, qui ont ete etablies
jus
qu'a present: contenant leur origine, leur fondation, leur progres, les
evenemens les plus considerables qui y sont arrives: la decadence des uns et
leur suppression, l'agrandissement des autres, par le moyen des differentes
reformes qui y ont ete introduites, les vies de leurs fondateurs & leurs
reformateurs: avec des figures qui representent tous les differens
habillemens
de ces ordres & de ces congregations. 8 vols. A Paris: Chez Jean-Baptiste
Coignard ...,
1721.
If it's not in Helyot, then:
it came out after the early 18th century; or
it's not a religious habit; OR
it *is* a religious habit, but it's very very obscure.
Please keep the list informed of any progress you might make; it's a very
intriguing quest that you're on!
Best wishes,
George
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