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Dear John,
I'm going to stick my neck out and ask some questions. Are you sure the man
in very clerical garb isn't a bishop (he appears to be anointing the
novice)? At the period in question, was there the novitiate/temporary
vows/solemn profession distinction there is today? If this depicts a solemn
profession, the bishop may have been the one to do the anointing and
receiving of vows. Could the man standing behind the candidate ready to slip
a garment over his head be Saint Benedict? I've been to so many professions
of various sorts that I can't keep straight who does what when. And what is
done today is irrelevant; what you need to know is what was done at the time
of your ms. I do know for sure that today the abbot is the one who clothes
the candidate for profession. Hence my query about the possibility that
Saint Ben is the one holding the garment behind the guy, and not the one in
the chasuble and stole.
Just some thoughts... Let us know what you figure out.
MG
(p.s. There are Benedictines on this list. Where are you?)
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