British costume during XIX centuries (civil and ecclesiastical) (1910)
Ashdown, Charles H., Mrs · London and Edinburgh : T. C. & e. c. Jack · leaf 498
t its original primitive simplicity, and wasfurther enriched by embroidery of a decorative character,covering the whole of the vestment (Fig. 428, PL). The Stole and the Chasuble differ but little from thoseof the Saxon Period, except in bearing more ornamentation.They were essentially garments… … 838 ECCLESIASTICAL COSTUME apparel of the amice, which forms an ornamental collarround the neck. The original use of the amice as acapuchon or hood may be mentioned ; it was customary inFrance to wear it on the head from the Feast of All Saintsuntil Easter, letting it fall back upon the shoulders…
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