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Nun doll

In our archives is this doll, dressed in the habit of a Canoness of the Holy Sepulchre as it was worn from our foundation until the mid 20th century.
You can just see the foot of the double red cross on her cloak peeping out from the right of the picture but the red cross on her surplice is completely hidden. If you click here there is a book illustration dating from the very beginnings of our Community showing this habit  - with the crosses clearly to be seen.

The purpose of such a 'doll' was to act as a kind of model to ensure that the details of the habit did not change over time!