Sorry to get into this interesting discussion so late. Since reading all these messages I have been more attuned to costume. Perhaps someone has already said this, but white is the color de rigeur for recipients of miracles making pilgrimages of thanksgiving to the tomb of Vincent Ferrer in Brittany in the 1453-54 canonization inquest there. laura Laura Smoller Department of History University of Arkansas at Little Rock 2801 South University Ave. Little Rock, AR 72204-1099 tel 501-569-8389 %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%