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Fashion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: the Monastery
Fashion in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance: the Monastery

To be “clothed in Christ” or to “put on Christ” is a phrase used multiple times in the Bible in figurative terms to describe the spiritual commitment to Jesus Christ in the Christian life.

Download catalogue: The Monastery: "Clothed in Christ"

  • Artworks

    Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, with interpolations of Gui de Mori, Roman de la Rose

    Guillaume de Lorris and Jean de Meun, with interpolations of Gui de Mori, Roman de la Rose

    , Southern Netherlands, Tournai, c. 1390
    Illuminated manuscript on parchment. 3 illuminations and luxurious initials and border decoration on nearly every page by Jean Semont Read more
  • Workshop of Giovanni di Antonio da Bologna, Singing Franciscans
    Artworks

    Workshop of Giovanni di Antonio da Bologna (active Bologna and Ferrara first half of the fifteenth century)

    Workshop of Giovanni di Antonio da Bologna (active Bologna and Ferrara first half of the fifteenth century)

    , Italy, Bologna, c. 1445-1450
    Singing Franciscans in an historiated initial ā€œNā€ from a Choir Psalter
    leaf 565 x 410 mm.; initial 190 x 110 mm.
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    Master of B 18 (fl. 1325–1340s)

    Master of B 18 (fl. 1325–1340s)

    , Italy, Bologna, c. 1325
    Two cuttings from a Dominican codex. Saint Thomas Aquinas receiving the cord of chastity (recto); Three Marys (verso); Virgin and Child Enthroned with Saint


    80 x 200 mm
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  • . Worn by abbesses along the pilgrimage route, often from noble families, the two collars are made of carved jet beads that are faceted in diamond, octagonal, rectangular and ā€œSā€ shapes and polished.
    Artworks

    Two Collars for an Abbess

    Two Collars for an Abbess

    , Spain, 17th century
    Jet, thread Read more
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