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Record Number:
30258
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Schlotheuber , Eva
Contributor(s):
Title:
Best Clothes and Everyday Attire of Late Medieval Nuns
Source:
Fashion and Clothing in Late Medieval Europe/ Mode und Kleidung im Europa des späten Mittelalters. Edited by Regula Schorta and Rainer C. Schwinges . Abegg-Stiftung/Schwabe Verlag, 2010. Pages 139 - 154.
Description:
Article Type:
Essay
Subject
(See Also)
:
Clothing
Ecclesiastical Reform
Fashion
Headdresses
Monasticism
Nuns
Nuns' Crowns
Visitations, Official Visits by Religious Superiors
Award Note:
Geographic Area:
General; Germany
Century:
12- 13- 14- 15
Primary Evidence:
Illustrations:
Seven Illustrations. Figure One Robing of St. Clare, Swabia c. 1500 (Berlin, Deutsches Historisches Museum, inv.-no. 1986/12). Figure Two Sisters of St. Stephan in mantles padded with ermine. Altarcloth showing the life of St. Odilia from St. Stephan (Strasbourg, Dépôt du collège Saint-Etienne au Musée de l'Œuvre Notre-Dame). Figure Three
Madonna von Pfons
with a "Kruseler", around 1380 (Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, inv.-no P 284). Figure Four A "Kruseler" under a nun's veil. "Liber animarum capituli Monasterii s. Quirini Nussiensis" [n. 51] (London, British Library, Ms. Add. 15456, fol. 2r.). Figure Five Female sacristan at the mass of the dead, page from a liturgical manuscript, single page of liturgical manuscript, Southern Germany c. 1420/30 (Kupferstichkabinett, Staaliche Museen ze Berlin, Min. 12834 [36-1928]). Figure Six Detail of the Altenberg Altarpiece showing Saint Elizabeth of Hungary distributing clothing. A Premonstratensian nun, wearing a nun's crown, kneels as a donor,1334 (Frankfurt on Main, Stadel Museum, Altenberg Altarpiece, inv.-no SG358-361). Figure Seven Crown (possibly a nun's crown) made from silk bands with embroidered medallions, France, 12th century (Riggisberg, Abegg-Stiftung, inv.-no 5257).
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Author's Affiliation:
Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität, Münster
Conference Info:
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Year of Publication:
2010.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9783905014402 (Abegg-Stiftung); 9783796525858 (Schwabe)