medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
I saw St Francis's habit at Assissi some years ago and it was brown.
Christina
> As is well known the Franciscans are called grey friars after the colour
of
> their robes, but in the majority of Medieval paintings the colour of the
> robes is brown (for example St Francis picture on The Franciscan Insitute
> Library homepage)
>
> http://franinst.sbu.edu/filib/
>
> Did they change to wearing brown and if so when did the change from grey
to
> brown take place
>
> Cheers
>
> Chris Daniell
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