English costume from prehistoric times to the end of the eighteenth century (1910)
Clinch, George, 1860-1921 · Chicago : A. C. McClurg; London, Methuen · leaf 370
urnished with presses, coffers, etc., forthe safe keeping of vestments, books, and other valu-ables. One press or set of aumbries contained fourlockers, one above the other. In the topmost locker 1 A paper on the subject was contributed in 1901 by Mr, W. H.St. John Hope to the Norfolk and Norwich… … Priest, 1530(William Lawnder, in Northleach Church, Gloucester) Special chests were made for the accommodation ofcopes. The cope-chest was a semicircular oaken boxsufficiently large to allow the unfolded cope to lie ECCLESIASTICAL COSTUME 243 inside. Examples of cope-chests remain at…
Costume -- Great Britain · England -- Social life and customs
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