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Record Number:
43404
Author(s)/Creator(s):
Wetter , Evelin,
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Title:
Clothing for a Marriage Made in Heaven: The Role of Textiles in Ecclesiastical Consecration Rites
Source:
Arrayed in Splendour: Art, Fashion, and Textiles in Medieval and Early Modern Europe. Edited by Christoph Brachmann. Brepols, 2019. Pages 25 - 57.
Description:
See pages 28-43 for discussion of crowns for nuns, the concept of the
sponsa Christi
and the nun's crown as moral obligation and promise of salvation. The author also discusses ecclesiastical vestments in the priest's role as a groom of the Church.
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Essay
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Bride of Christ
Clergy
Clothing
Crowns
Monasticism
Nuns
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Author's Affiliation:
Curator at the Abegg-Stiftung and Leipzig University
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- , -
Year of Publication:
2019.
Language:
English
ISSN/ISBN:
9782503579658