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Monastic and religious orders

Monastic and religious orders — prescribed dress within faith and ritual.

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.
Plates from the Nametape archive of faith and ritual