The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1908)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · New York, The McClure Co.; London, E. Grant Richards · leaf 249
ss. Itwas an outer cloak without sleeves, and originally wasused as a protection from the weather at open-air igS THE HERITAGE OF DRESS processions in Rome, its ancestor probably being thelacerna. In a similar way the almuce was a hood toprotect the head, and such articles, as Mr. Macalistersays,… … Fig. 130.—The coat of arms of Thomas k Becket. Showing an archbishops pall. —a large, loose gown, with hanging sleeves and ahood attached to it. In the old times the costume ofabbesses and nuns resembled the mourning habit ofwidows, who often retired to end their days in a con-vent. When the…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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