The Twelve Books on the Institutes of the Cœnobia, and the Remedies for the Eight Principal Faults 6Of their Capes.

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.