Xenondrum, nope I was right. I knew that this apparition was called in full "Our Lady of Mt Carmel of Garabandal". I was quite sure that on Her arm was draped a version of a Brown Scapular, associated always with Our Lady of Mt Carmel. I was edified by the material on the mantiple, however. That is really interesting. Thanks !
One of the four young Cantabrian girl visionaries holds up a Cross to be kissed by Our Lady of Mt Carmel and given out to one of the spectators
A Catholic Deacon John confirmed that this is indeed the Brown Scapular here :
"At Garabandal, one finds indeed the figure of a small mountain on one side of the Scapular that Our Lady of Mount Carmel wears on her right arm. This mountain (the “Muhraka”) symbolizes the confrontation that occurred on Mount Carmel between Elijah and Baal’s false prophets. A cross is drawn on the other side: a clear indication of the divine source of that famous sacramental."
https://whatisgarabandal.wordpress.com/ ... ay/page/2/
I have seen other Scapulars looking like this, that's why it took only a second to recognize.
In this illustration, Our Lady has a halo of stars, which surely refers back to the apparitions at the rue du Bac in Paris in 1830, where a medal originally called the Medal of the Immaculate Conception was given. [ Going back to Extranjero's topic for the thread. ] On the reverse of the medal 12 stars were inscribed.
However, on the illustration that you chose, and those which often appear as I search, the halo of stars is pulled strangely low. I don't know where the artist got that bizarre look.
It looks curiously like the habit of Sister Lucy of Fatima when she was a Dorothean nun.
PS. Maria I only now saw your post. There are different scapulars, one type being that worn by monks for a millennia around the neck and shoulders and over the anatomic scapula, as you pointed out. Whereas Sacramentals are comparatively small objects the size of a couple of postage stamps. These are meant to be worn by anyone : laity as well as clergy.
As far as not being depicted with a veil, I agree. But I guess the apparition did not wear one ! Could this be ?
Well, I try to study Orthodox apparitions of the Queen of Heaven. I notice - correct me if anyone has contrary information - NEVER is Her appearance described !
Only the viewer's behavior and reactions to the August Mother of God's arrival are narrated. Such as "I fell at Her feet in awe". So we don't really have a way to know the personal appearance of Our Lady - not even what color dress She wore - when appearing to the Orthodox monks and nuns and lay people of the past 2,000 years. We assume She looked just like She does in Icons. But there is no concrete evidence I have come across that I can remember offhand.
Many of such scenes have been painted in pictures or appeared in Icons, such as the famous Apparition of the Heavenly Queen to St Sergius of Radonezh with Apostles Peter and John.
But these are the iconographer's creations. Not based on details provided by the Saints themselves.
So really no one East or West can say exactly how the Queen of Heaven looks.
About Garabandal, it was an ANTI-modernist apparition, not a progressive one. The warning was expressed far more carefully there than at Fatima, for example, or any other reported apparition [ many of which were obviously wrong ].
Given during the notorious Vatican II Council which decimated the Catholic Church, the primary message could not have been more pointed :
"Many cardinals, many bishops, and many priests are on the road to perdition and are taking many souls with them."
Hardly applause for those prelates and clergymen ushering in the unfortunate liberal and Protestantizing reforms of this ruinous conference.