The heritage of dress; being notes on the history and evolution of clothes (1912)
Webb, Wilfred Mark, 1868- · London, The Times Book Club · leaf 191
e, who sends them to a nunnery,where they are shorn and the wool made into palls by the nuns. The modem pall has six black crosses on it, but previousto the eighth century it had sometimes four, sometimes eight,worked in purple. At first the pall was fastened by gold pins to the chasubleto keep it… … Albrect von Brandenburg in 1555, at Mayence, shows twopalls, which probably indicate that he was Archbishop ofMagdeburg as well as of Mayence. This repetition can hardlybe strictly correct, as the pall couldonly be worn within the Archbishopsprovince. Archbishops in olden days appearedto have had…
Costume · Clothing and dress
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