Following up my own post -- a quick Google, as often happens, is enough to shed light. Apparently this idea of the "guest room" with the manger has been around for a while; some of the citations I'm seeing are to papers from the 1970s and 1980s. Here are a couple of nice summary pages:
http://www.ancientsandals.com/articles/01_jesus_birth.htm With nice photos and diagrams. http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/cwn/122206NazarethVillage.aspx And not a word about costume in either of them, I think. Oh well. --Robin _______________________________________________ h-costume mailing list h-costume@mail.indra.com http://mail.indra.com/mailman/listinfo/h-costume
