Ecclesiastical dresses and antiques. Medieval, Byzantine.
Chasuble, Mitre, and Stole of St. Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury (1117-1170); preserved in the Cathedral of Sens. Cloth and Embroidery of the Twelfth Century. Associated with: The life of… Read More
Ancient Assyrian costumes. High Priest and King.
Associated with: Byzantine costume history. The Rise of Monachism. Monastic costumes history. The Ancient Greek Costume On the history of costumes. From Ancient to the 19th century.
Monastic clothing. Costumes of Religious Orders. The Benedictine (Latin Ordo Sancti Benedict, OSB) are a contemplative order of aligned within the Roman Catholic Church. Also in Anglicanism and Lutheranism few… Read More
Augustinians is a collective name for various orders and congregations of nuns and sisters, who live by the rule of St. Augustine of Hippo.
The Dominican nuns, religious abbreviation OP, Latin: Ordo fratrum Praedicatorum are a Roman Catholic religious order.
Society of St. Ursula (Compagnia di Sant’Orsola Ursulines of the Roman Union / Ursulines de l’Union Romaine), Latin Ordo Sanctae Ursula.
Habit of Religious Orders, 1780. Benedictine nuns. Ordo Sancti Benedicti, OSB.
Priestess (visionary) and nobility in chiton. The resulting folds by pulling down the chiton over the belt was called Kolpos.
Carolingian clothing 751-987. Knight in armor, Bishop, Priest and Burgess.
