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> Dear list,
>
> i'm trying to work up a decent description of a rather curious Xth c.
> image,
> one of the very few which survive (this one only in a photograph, after
> the
> 1944 fire) from pre-12th c. Chartrain sources :
>
> http://www.ariadne.org/centrechartraine/mss/chartresmss/ms577f8-te.jpg
>
> from what little i can make out of his vestments, i take the fellow to be
> a
> priest : there seems to be fringe on the ends of his stole(?)
>
> can anyone, less vestmentally challenged than i, make out more of what he
> might be wearing, and what to call it/them ?
>
> many thanks,
>
> christopher
>
Hello Christopher,
I think what you are seeing is the artistic interpretation of the folds in
the alb. The stole seems to me to end in a simple fringe. From what
period and setting is this? This is the facing page of the Canon of the
Mass, which usually depicts Christ crucified. That would also seem
apropriate with the large "T" in the center of the page, but could that be
Christ standing next to the Cross rather than the priest without a
chasuble? The insipit is "Te igitur clementissime Pater" -- "Wherefore, O
most merciful Father" and would then continue on the next page. It's a
very nice graphic, though.
Stephen M. Collins
Charleston, South Carolina
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