Francesc Coll’s Reviews > Medieval Philosophy > Status Update

"A friar may own no clothing apart from two tunics, and is allowed to patch one of his tunics to keep it in usable condition. So would he be allowed to sew his two tunics together, treating one as a "patch" for the other, enabling him to wear two layers in winter? Pretty clearly, the friars who asked such questions were not enthusiastically embracing the rigors of asceticism"