Published: 2022-12-20

The Development of Scapular Form and Its Symbolism

Małgorzata Łukawska
Seminare. Learned Investigations
Section: History
https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2015.3.14

Abstract

The article contains a brief presentation of the scapular and indicates its origins in the field of working clothes at the close of antiquity. The author of the article complements the literary sources with the iconographic material as well as portrays the changes of its form. The article also illustrates the evolution of the function that the scapular went through – from the role of a habit accessory (in St Benedict’s monastic rule) to the sign of piety associated with spiritual exercises of „good death”.

Keywords:

scapulars, sabbatine privilege, devotional scapular, monastic garment

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Łukawska, M. (2022). The Development of Scapular Form and Its Symbolism . Seminare. Learned Investigations, 36(3), 169–178. https://doi.org/10.21852/sem.2015.3.14

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