I was planning on doing a post on Belgian canons sometimes anyway, and now is as good a time as any. The first four pics are Carl's (Thanks a lot!), the rest are from my collection:
First two historical portraits
This is a portrait of Monsignor de Baets
And here we have a canon named Nobels.
Here we see the chapter of Namur in choir dress.
Another historical portrait, this time of a canon from Ghent
Another canon from Ghent
And here we have the choir dress of the canons of Ghent in all his splendor.
2 comments:
Hey thanx, Leo
I will do some corrections, his Name is August Nobels, he lived in Sint-Niklaas and was a canon from the diocese of ghent, the other sitting one is the brother of the bishop of Ghent, Mgr. Stillemans and lived too in Sint-Niklaas. In Sint-Niklaas was a minor seminary, and there much superiors and canons lived. this portrait is part of the collection , where i made a pic for wikipedia. The latest one is a choir dress of the collection of the Bruges cathedral, with lace and the famous fur cappa.
this fur cappa is worn for solemn occasions, in winter and funerals. the summer choir dress is still worn in flanders with the typical lace and typic ironing and the Starch in the lenght.
greetz
if you search very well, you might find more.
this is a 19th century aquarel...
there is more on wikipedia
http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Afbeelding:A_canon_In_Winter-dress_II.JPG
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