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.