> I've only seen the seemless robe used as a symbol of ecclesiastical unity,
> but then I'm the one assembling a reader on ecclesiology.
>
> tom izbicki
Since both the seamless robe of Christ at Trier and her own, worn at
the very birth of Christ, at Chartres, were both purportedly woven by
the Virgin, perhaps this is, in some respect, an image of the virgin
birth? Does anyone know of a literary image along these lines?
Cheers,
Jim Bugslag
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