Hello everyone, first up the short version of the question, does anybody
know what fabric 7th century Italian or English church vestments
(specifically the chasuble) would have been made of?
Read on if you're interested in why I need to know. My SCA group has been
given a quest to find a 'relic' of our patron saint (St Aldhelm) I've found
a 13th century book on the lives of the saints
(http://www.catholic-forum.com/saints/golden000.htm for a 15th century
English translation) which mentions a relic which was still on display in
the 13th century in the form of a chasuble which was miraculously hung on a
sunbeam. If we take this source at face value and assume that this was
really the chasuble used by an English monk while visiting Rome in the late
7th century (so it could have either been purchased in Rome or taken with
him from England) would it have been made from silk or wool (presumably not
linen as it was described as purple)?
Thanks,
Elizabeth
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Elizabeth Walpole
Canberra Australia
ewalpole[at]tpg.com.au
http://au.geocities.com/amiperiodornot/
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