Ecclesiastical dresses and antiques. Medieval, Byzantine.
Nomadic priest. Kalmyk Buddhist. The Kalmyks are a Buddhist, western Mongolian nomadic people. They live mainly in the autonomous Russian republic of Kalmykia. They belong to the Asian strain of the… Read More
Hindu priests in 1897. Traditional Hindu priest costumes. North Indian Brahmins clothing.
Origin of the Teutonic Order of Knighthood — Its development — Siege of Acre — The Order nurses the sick — The dress of the Knights — The rale — The officers and constitution — The Order of Christ
The First Crusade was a Christian war campaign to conquer Palestine called by Pope Urban II in 1095.
Foundation of the Order of the Temple — St. Bernard aids the Order—Constitution of the Order — St. Bernard’s account of the Templars — The Christian power in the East weakened — The Second Crusade — The siege of Damascus — Letter of a Knight Templar — Exploits of the Templars in Palestine
Sufi Dervishes Dance. Ottoman Empire. Whirling Dervishes Dance of the Mevlevi order. Title: Danse des Derwichs Mewlewis Published: L’Univers Pittoresque, Paris 1838.
Chasuble, Mitre, and Stole of Archbishop Thomas à Becket of Canterbury.
The history of costumes. Mesopotamia. Assyrian, Babylonian costume history.
[su_note note_color=”#e3fdbf”] Byzantium Bishop, Deacon and Levite costumes. [/su_note] Associated with: Byzantine costume history. The Rise of Monachism. Monastic costumes history. The Ancient Greek Costume On the history of costumes.… Read More
Benedictine monks in 1870, 19th century.
