The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . ngadopted. The modistes went to the other ex-treme and produced a vestment which wasthreatened with ruin whenever forced on an ex-pansive fur-lined cassock. For this reason a newgarment was invented, which retained the ampli-tude of the old alb without its impeding length,and was worn only when no vestment of im-portance (except the Cope, which was adaptable)was put over it. This was the surplice. Sinceits adoption it has varied much less than othervestments in form. It was and is a full vestm
The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . ngadopted. The modistes went to the other ex-treme and produced a vestment which wasthreatened with ruin whenever forced on an ex-pansive fur-lined cassock. For this reason a newgarment was invented, which retained the ampli-tude of the old alb without its impeding length,and was worn only when no vestment of im-portance (except the Cope, which was adaptable)was put over it. This was the surplice. Sinceits adoption it has varied much less than othervestments in form. It was and is a full vestmentof white linen entire, or linen trimmed with lace,or lace throughout, extending to the knee, andless, furnished with full sleeves, sometimes longand again short. The medieval surplice hadoften the neck-band embroidered in coloredthreads. Cope. Called also cavpa and pluviale (rain coat). Itis an expansive vestment of silk or other richfabric reaching nearly to the feet, open in front,fastened with a brooch or morse, and with a smalltriangular or semicircular cape at the back, the S 3 £ft. 3 £. O
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