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Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their development and history

Chapter 1: ECCLESIASTICAL VESTMENTS:
By Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister
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The work traces the origins and gradual transformation of Christian liturgical clothing, linking many vestments to Roman civil costume and earlier priestly garments, and rejecting later symbolic explanations as later accretions. It surveys the early development and final forms of Western vestments, describes processional garments and decorative techniques, compares Eastern and reformed usages, and explains ritual deployment. Appendices supply information on religious and academic costumes, synonymous terms, and principal sources.

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Title: Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their development and history

Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister

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Language: English

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The Camden Library.

EDITED BY
G. LAURENCE GOMME, F.S.A.,
AND
T. FAIRMAN ORDISH, F.S.A.

Brass of Simon de Wenslagh (circ. 1360), Wensley, Yorkshire (showing the Eucharistic vestments of a priest of the Western Church).

THE CAMDEN LIBRARY

ECCLESIASTICAL VESTMENTS:

Their Development and History

BY
R. A. S. MACALISTER, M.A.
Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland

LONDON:
ELLIOT STOCK, 62, PATERNOSTER ROW
1896