Following Orders

[Femme Falchion]

Sister Hatchet, you of all people should have understood his "style".

Tis true, given my study of the other great religions of the world, I should be familiar with tonsure. 

Apparently what I have taken for receding hairlines is actually religious fervor.   

....and I still prefer my coif to be a symbol along the lines of "the body is a temple"

As for the Cross location, it was assumed that they wore them on their chest, and not on their sleeves...

perhaps it's a visual idiom....wearing one's cross on his sleeve is expressing devotion freely and openly

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

As for the Cross location, it was assumed that they wore them on their chest, and not on their sleeves...

perhaps it's a visual idiom....wearing one's cross on his sleeve is expressing devotion freely and openly

I thought that was why they wore the emblem to begin with, to demonstrate this concept to those they encountered...........but hey, he turned out to be a Saint!

[Mikael of Aragon]

I'm wanting to say that I remember reading somewhere that those who took the cross during the First Crusades wore it on their sleeves. Of course, I've also read that it was worn on the breast, and then worn on the back to signify a return from pilgrimage. Of course, my favorite sign of crusading devotion was the branding of the cross into the forehead (I believe Bishop Adhemar Le Puy did that). There was no doubting HIS devotion to the cause!  )

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I had read where they wore their crosses on their back, thus symbolizing the carrying of the cross through the trials of their pilgrimage much like the cross carried by Christ.
There is still debate as to where the cross was exactly located on the Templar coat (chest, left side, right side....each with special pluses and minuses), much like the debate of what style cross. As for me, I will stand fast with the Helen Nicholson representation in Osprey's Knight Templar book.

[Mikael of Aragon]

NEVER a bad source to fall back on.   

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

I returned home from work today, to receive a big surprise that the Lady LeFay had ordered for me.
I am now the owner of the book:

Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights; Images of the Military Orders 1128-1291

By Helen Nicholson

The book is a study of the images which the military religious orders evoked in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, that is, how they were viewed by various segments of society.


Woohoo!

[Mikael of Aragon]

Anxiously awaiting the official review...   

[Sir William Marcus]

I returned home from work today, to receive a big surprise that the Lady LeFay had ordered for me.
I am now the owner of the book:

Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights; Images of the Military Orders 1128-1291

By Helen Nicholson

What an incredible surprise it must have been.  Hats off to Lady Lefay for delivering to you a most sought after read by many enthusiast of the holy orders. Thats awesome!

BTW, Paperback or Hardbound?

[Lady Christina de Pond]

I returned home from work today, to receive a big surprise that the Lady LeFay had ordered for me.
I am now the owner of the book:

Templars, Hospitallers and Teutonic Knights; Images of the Military Orders 1128-1291

By Helen Nicholson

The book is a study of the images which the military religious orders evoked in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries, that is, how they were viewed by various segments of society.


Woohoo!

hmmmm If i didn't know better i would think she loves you

[Monsignor de Beaumanoir]

It would be a mint condition soft cover.

And yes, apparently she does...

[Sir William Marcus]

Excellent find from the Lady Lefay. I search periodically for a soft cover and always coming up empty handed,  hardbound's seem to always be available although with a hefty price tag.  The search however will continue!


Once again, excellent find Lady Lefay!

[Sir William Marcus]

[Lady Christina de Pond]

did you make that?

[Sir William Marcus]

I can only wish. It actually belongs to a friend of mine from the UK.

[Sir William Marcus]

DEUS VULT