Franciscanoru ordo cineraeus quos Obsexuanteis nominant, 1224; Noui featres S. Maria interius albati, exterrius atrati; Sclauoniorum ordo rubro Vestitu; Aborum Spirituum ordo albatus, 1399; Albatus Monachus montis Oliueti, candida, 1406; Sellularius frater, cuculione atro; Capellanorum ordo Vestitu partim atro, partun rucaleo, partu pullo, cuculinem gestat, qualem rusticijs vsus esse in Germania videmus; Vespillonum ordo tunica linea cuculione & pallio atri coloris mortuos effert; Hospitalis Dominus atricolor; Ordo Praedicatoru siue Dominicanus pallium atricolor tunicam albi coloris gestat, 1220; Franciscanus Vestitu cinereo, 1222; Eremita ordinis D. August. atratus, 390; Carmelita quem vulgo fratrem S. Maria vocant pallium & cuculionem albi coloris tunicam atricolorem gestat, 1218; Iohannitarum ordo de Ciuitate rubro vestitu
Abraham de Bruyn Flemish
Publisher Joos de Bosscher Netherlandish
Not on view
Engraving, part of the second part of 'Omnium pene Europae, Asiae, Aphricae atque Americae Gentium Habitus' (Costumes of the various nations of Europe, Asia, Africa and America), a series of prints representing figures wearing ecclesiastical vestments from various parts of the world, engraved by Abraham de Bruyn and published by Joos de Bosscher in 1581.
The engraving represents fourteen monks, members of different ecclesiastical orders, arranged in two horizontal rows of seven. Each monk is dressed in the habits corresponding to his order, and the inscriptions below each figure describe, in most cases, the colors of the dress. Most of the monks represented wear hoods, copes and tunics, and many of them also hold Bibles or books in their hands, some of them reading. Two Franciscans (one on the left corner of the first row, the other on the center of the second row), wear long belts with knots. A 'secular brother', on the first row, wears a knee-length tunic, and holds a cane on one hand and a rosary on the other. A member of the order of St. John, on the right corner of the second row, has a chalice motif on his chest and holds a square bag on his hand.
