Try the Trappists -- maybe Gethsemane in KY? I understand that speech is now
allowed, but they used to have a developed sign language.
> -----Original Message-----
> From: M.C. Gill [SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 1999 7:21 AM
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Subject: signing in monasteries
>
> With the permission of our gracious listowners, I offer a request for
> information from a mature student and teacher of the deaf, who I
> taught earlier this summer. She wanted to know if there are any
> books or articles about the systems of sign language used in medieval
> monasteries during the periods of silence. I know nothing about this
> field, but wondered if anyone had any suggestions?
>
> With grateful thanks
>
> Miriam Gill
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