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You are of course quite right; he is depicted wearing a stole in
priestly fashion.
My only suggestion is this. Abbots usually were priests. This could
usually be taken for granted. Thus Theodore of Tarsus (Archbishop of
Canterbury 602-90) prescribes that at the profession of a monk, the
abbot shall celebrate Mass (it is supposed that he is a priest) and
pronounce the 'three orations' over the monk's head.
(References in my article, "Abelard, Heloise and the Religious Life" in
"Medieval Theology and the Natural Body", ed. Peter Biller and Alastair
Minnis, York UP 1997)
The illustrator seems to have assumed that this was the case, not
knowing that in this instance he was a deacon.
Hope this is slightly helpful.
Bill.
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