I have that one somewhere. I'll go look in my office sometime in the week. I'm moving house right now, but I'm fairly certain I know where those papers should be.
/Lena --- Robin Netherton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Below forwarded from another list. I could swear > we've talked about this > before -- it's in one of the monastic rules, I > think, perhaps the passage > that mentions "femoralia" that gets brought up every > so often? Anyone have > a source? > > > ---------- Forwarded message ---------- > > I think that medieval monastic legislation on dress > often specified that > underwear had to be worn by monks or friars when > going outside the > monastery: i.e. there was a pragmatic concern for > modesty when travelling > about, which would not apply, of course, at burial. > I've just looked in > Giancarlo Rocca, ed., La sostanza dell'effimero: gli > abiti degli ordini > religiosi in occidente (Rome: Edizioni Paoline, > 2000) for verification, > but without success. Someone else may have a source > to hand. > > _______________________________________________ > h-costume mailing list > h-costume@mail.indra.com > http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume > ___________________________________________________________ Yahoo! Messenger - NEW crystal clear PC to PC calling worldwide with voicemail http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
