Monk Habits Views
For instance, for some Roman Catholic or Anglican orders, the habit may comprise a tunic covered by a scapular and cowl, with a hood for monks and a veil for nuns; in other orders it may be a distinctive form of cassock for men, or a distinctive dress and bonnet for women. Modern habits sometimes take the form of a distinctive clerical suit for men and a simple dress suit for women. Catholic Canon Law requires only that it be in some way identifiable so that the person may serve as a witness to Gospel values, simple as a mark of detachment from vanity and greed, and becoming.
In some orders, historically or still today, different types or levels of profession are indicated by differences in habits. Lay brothers in some monastic orders wore a habit somewhat different from choir monks, for instance; or junior professed sisters in some communities of women wear a slightly different habit from the permanently professed.
The following are brief excerpts and quotations I marked while reading Dennis Okholmo’s Monk Habits for Ordinary People (Grand Rapids: Brazos Press, 2007). Along with works by Kathleen Norris, Phyllis Tickle, Leighton Ford, Karen E. Sloan, Tony Jones, and a growing group of other Protestant authors, Okholm
I found this page because I am doing research into monastic habits. I've created a cartoon character who happens to be a monk, and I'm trying to be as accurate as possible. I am looking for an order, probably medieval, where the monks wore scapulars, capuces, and some sort of fitted hat. For the hat, i have an image of something that looks like a cross between a skullcap and a wimple. The image in my head is probably stereotypically monastic/medieval. Do you know the history of other orders' habits?
Monk Habits Images
