medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
On Jul 21, 2010, at 6:41 AM, Tom Izbicki wrote:
> Part of the ecclesiastical prohibitions on colors & color
> combinations, like requiring a tonsure, is to set the clergy apart
> from the laity. I heard a paper at Leeds that put the identification
> of red & green with the nobility back into earlier medieval times.
> Luxury too would be condemned. As would pride of dress.
> Tom Izbicki
As witness also the remarkably early (mid-1200s) prohibitions on
Dominican and Augustinian friars carrying paternosters of coral, amber
and rock crystal (all luxury materials).
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+ http://paternoster-row.org - http://paternosters.blogspot.com
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