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III. Beatrice of Nazareth
Daily life
dress
House-dress
Beguines in house-dress (at the St. Elisabeth beguinage in Ghent)
(left: aquarelle on paper by Louis De Clerq, after Leon de Vlaming, around 1806; in: Mestdach, 170 / right: "habijt Ordinaire"; in: Van Mechelen, p.15)
detail from postcard of beguinage in St. Amandsberg
City-dress
(Engraving
of a beguine from the Mansell Collection. Source: Wade Labarge, Margaret, Small
Sound of the Trumpet, Women in Medieval Life, Boston, Beacon Press,
p.118)
A beguine from the St. Elisabeth beguinage in Ghent "gaende door de
Stad" (walking through the city). Black habit with raised skirt and black
apron. The white hood is covered by a black "kaproen" (over-hood?),
which is a large black piece of cloth that reaches to the waist and stands out a
bit at the sides of the head. (aquarelle on paper by Louis De Clerq; BUG, no. G 21946, De
Clerq, Louis, Costumen der Religieusen ordens, en
Geestelijke Vergaderingen, die binnen de stad geweest zijn, by gevoegt hunne
wapens, Benevens eene Korte beschrijvinge van den tijd hunde Stigtinge, en
vernietinge, 1810; in: Mestdach, p.172)
Cf.
also these beguines in the 16th century painting 
Ceremonial dress
First picture: "Beguine with ceremonial mantle and gray habit for feastdays, days of the Blessed Virgin, and according to the old custom". (source: Van Mechelen, p.14). Other two from postcard of St Amandsberg.
????Processional dress????
detail and thumbnail to entire postcard of a harvest ("halfoogst") procession
Novice dress
A novice in ordinary dress. (source: Van Mechelen, p.14)
