tartan vestments?

[macwilkin]

Hello again,

I have received an email from an expert in Scottish history of the 1700's through a contact who is an expert in the Scottish history of the 1600's.

The answer for Protestant Scottish clergy of these times periods that would have worn NOTHING in tartan at all.

They were extreme Puritans and had no use for vestments and never wore them in any shape or form.

So, there is the answer, in a much more polite way then I received it, from a Scottish historian.

Hope this helps

Robert "V"

Slight correction, Vicar, but Episcopalian clergy were not Calvinists by any stretch of the imagination. Many Episcopalians in the Highlands favoured the Stuart cause and could have worn tartan as a symbol of their support. I have seen some evidence of tartan being used as a symbol of pro-Jacobites in the Lowlands.

I'm not sure I'd use the word "Puritan" in this context, as a Puritan was a Calvinist that sought to "purify" the Church of England.

Regards,

Todd

[piperdbh]

Thanks for the responses. It's always interesting to see how things were and how they've changed, in what really is a fairly short period of time.

[JSFMACLJR]

Hello again,

I have received an email from an expert in Scottish history of the 1700's through a contact who is an expert in the Scottish history of the 1600's.

The answer for Protestant Scottish clergy of these times periods that would have worn NOTHING in tartan at all.

They were extreme Puritans and had no use for vestments and never wore them in any shape or form.

So, there is the answer, in a much more polite way then I received it, from a Scottish historian.

Hope this helps

Robert "V"

As I pointed out.

Of course the Episcopalians were not "Protestant Scottish clergy." Cassock and surplice probably, although cassock, gown, and tippet may have been worn as well. There may have been even some "advanced" priests, who may have worn vestments... but I doubt it!