nasel'nik i svyazochka -- again

[William Ryan]

Steve,
Very interesting. Thanks for passing the message on. On nasel'nik,
further searching reveals no dictionary record of this as a specific
connotation. If the word has this special terminological use it would be
good to have some textual references to fix it. As Kate Alexeeva
suggests, sviazochka appears to be non-specific.
Will

Steve Marder wrote:
>
> As I am sure it will be of interest to more than just the undersigned, I
> am enclosing a very interesting reply to my query, which I received a short
> while ago in a private e-mail. For technical reasons, I was unable
> simply to forward Kate's reply to the listserv.
>
> Steve Marder
> ______________________________________________________________
>
> Subject: nasel'nik i svyazochka
> Date: Sat, 7 Oct 2000 22:38:31 +0400
> From: "Kate Alexeeva" <katealexeeva at mtu-net.ru>
> To: <asred at HOME.COM>
>
> Hello, Steve,
>
> I guess I can answer your question concerning nasel'nik. You have been quite
> right about the rendering, but there can be some comments: Nasel'nik is an
> obsolete word used approximately in the 19th century. Any monk of any rank
> who lived at the monastery was called "nasel'nik". The word itself
> originates from the verb "naseliat'(to inhabit).
> As for the svyazochka, I think it is a mistake to translate this word as "A
> pointed headgear worn by nasel'nik". In fact some specialists in religious
> matters told me that nasel'nik wears a pointed headgear called kukol' (the
> first syllable is stressed). Kukol' is a symbol of infantile non-malice, so
> to say.
> There is a word "svyazochka"(remeshok) which really denotes a headgear. But
> not only monks wore it. Everyone in ancient Russia who had long hair could
> possibly wear it to hold hair (for the hair not to fall on face). Nowadays
> it can hardly be seen (maybe some monks still wear it). As far as I know it
> was just a devise, nothing else.
> Probably if you give me the context where you came across this word I will
> be able to explain the meaning more precisely.
> Kate
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