{"id":1407,"date":"2021-11-15T08:46:22","date_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:46:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/?p=1407"},"modified":"2021-11-15T08:46:30","modified_gmt":"2021-11-15T14:46:30","slug":"the-layers-of-elevation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.biblionalia.info\/leah\/blog\/2021\/11\/15\/the-layers-of-elevation\/","title":{"rendered":"The Layers of Elevation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Note: It’s taken a year to get this post finished, but 2020\/2021 were pretty dense as far as years ago. Regularly scheduled content will continue soon!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Continuing with the analog of a scholar passing examinations and taking an official post, I wanted my elevation clothing to stand in contrast to the simple, un-dyed linen robe I wore for my vigil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Quick note: this is an image-heavy post, but rather than intersperse the images, I’m going to put them all in a gallery. Enjoy!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Scholars who would travel to Chang’an (the capital city of the Tang Dynasty) to for the annual conferrals of jinshi<\/em> degrees, the final and highest degree in the civil exam framework (sound familiar?). This group was recognizable by the plain hempen robes they wore – and were called mayi <\/em>(hemp-clad), buyi<\/em> (cloth-clad), or baipao<\/em> (white-robed).1<\/a><\/sup> The word jiehe (“<\/em>doffing of the coarse clothes”) described the occasion when scholar was assigned to an official post. High-ranking officials were called “vermillion-robed” (fifth rank or above) or “purple-robed” (third rank or above).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also wanted to find a way to incorporate the SCA tradition of the laurel cloak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n