The coule is a garment worn by monks.
Natural-coloured wool will be preferred as it is less expensive.
It most often has a hood and wide sleeves; early depictions can be found with short sleeves, slit at the sides, or with different lengths.
In some late sources, it seems that a hood-style hood was preferred over a built-in hood.
Sources:
- Investiture of a Benedictine Monk, 'De Universo' by Rabanus Maurus (c.780-856)
- Rule of Saint Benedict
- Notker the Stammerer, Saint Gall workshop, 10th-century miniature
- St. Benedict delivering his Rule to St. Maurus, Monastery of St. Gilles, 1129
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