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Faith and ritual

Prescribed dress with the longest continuous documentation of any category here.

The Habit, in Eleven Pieces

Laid out complete and numbered: eleven garments, each with a name, a rule governing when it is worn, and in several cases a meaning attached to the act of putting it on.

A comparative plate of religious habits, a drawing of a woman in a nun's habit, and a painted portrait of a nun

Collection: Faith and Ritual

Every type of faith and ritual in one place — 4 chapters, Clergy and ministerial, Monastic and religious orders, Lay religious dress and the rest, with the plates and an inventory to download.

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Every Research post and every Essay, free to read.

All Research posts — one uniform at a time, in archive photographs
All Essays — the long-form arguments
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The complete archive for one family of uniform at a time — every subtype as a chapter, with the full plate set and an inventory to download.

All 16 Collections in full
Every uniform subtype as its own chapter
An inventory spreadsheet with holding collection, date, creator, rights and source
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