Chapter VI. Of their Capes. 656 Next they cover their necks and shoulders with a narrow cape, aiming at modesty of dress as well as cheapness and economy; and this is called in our language as well as theirs mafors ; and so they avoid both the expense and the display of cloaks and great coats. 656     The mafors ( μαφώριον or μαφόριον ) is the monkish scapular, or working-dress. Cf. the Rule of S. Benedict, c. 55: “Scapulare propter opera.” In form it was a large, coarse cape, or hood.