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_003394440	Duckett, G. F. (George Floyd), Sir, 1811-1902.	Monastic and ecclesiastical costume	1888		.txt	text/plain	8023	417	62	As regards ecclesiastical dress, the rules established in respect of the robes of priests officiating at the altar, were laid down in the very same (the twelfth) century. Afterwards the Cistercian rule obliged the nun to deprive herself entirely of this female ornament, and by degrees the loss of her hair, or entire tonsure of the head,6 became an essential requirement of the professed nun of all the orders.7 The twelfth century, with its changes and innova- tions in every direction, tended to alter somewhat the uniformity of monastic dress, and this departure from the rule originated with the monks of Cluny, for whom, after a lapse of time, no material or stuff was too fine, and whose monastic vows of austerity and denial agreed very little with their adopted precautions both against the rain and the cold.	cache/_003394440.txt	txt/_003394440.txt