Hedda of Winchester consecrates St Guthlac, late 12th century, (1843).Artist: Henry Shaw

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Hedda of Winchester consecrates St Guthlac, late 12th century, (1843). The bishop wears sacerdotal dress consisting of albe, tunic, dalmatic and chasuble. Guthlac lived 673-714 AD. Illustration from Dresses and Decorations of the Middle Ages from the Seventh to the Seventeenth Centuries, by Henry Shaw, (London, 1843).

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