The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . on,then by war and tumult. The military genius ofCharlemagne effected a general peace in 812, andunder his enthusiastic patronage a true renais-sance took place in learning and art. For thefirst time active and systematic researches weremade into the details of doctrine and ritual of theChurch of the preceding centuries. This was theage of Rabanus Maurus and Walafrid Strabo. Asall knowledge of classical antiquity had for threecenturies or more been well nigh extinct, it is in-telligible that a
The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . on,then by war and tumult. The military genius ofCharlemagne effected a general peace in 812, andunder his enthusiastic patronage a true renais-sance took place in learning and art. For thefirst time active and systematic researches weremade into the details of doctrine and ritual of theChurch of the preceding centuries. This was theage of Rabanus Maurus and Walafrid Strabo. Asall knowledge of classical antiquity had for threecenturies or more been well nigh extinct, it is in-telligible that a solution of the phenomena ofChristian vestments would be sought on thetheory of a Levitical origin. At what period was the largest increasemade to Vestments? In the interval between the ninth and eleventhcenturies the number of recognized vestmentswas doubled. To exhibit the extent of thesechanges the subjoined table in parallel columns is Sacred Vestments in General 431 submitted, and a uniform nomenclature has beenadopted so that the reader may see at a glancethe date of the various additions:. Bibliography: Catholic Dictionary; OBrien, History ofthe Mass; Hierurgia, Rock; Sacra Liturgia, Vander Stappen;De SS. Eucharistia, Gasparri; Monuments of the EarlyChurch, Lowrie; Vestiarium Christianum, Marriott; Eccles-iastical Vestments, Macalister; Irish Eccles. Record, Jan.,May, 1906, April, June, 1907; Am. Eccles Review, Feb.,Sept, 1890, Feb., 1891, June, 1892, July, Aug., Sept., Dec,1904; Origin of Christian Worship, Duchesne. CHAPTER XXXV. SACRED VESTMENTS—THE AMICE. What are the Sacred Vestments employed bya Priest in Celebrating Mass? Six: Amice, alb, cincture, maniple, stole andchasuble. What is the Amice and how does it deriveits name? It is a rectangular piece of linen about threefeet long and two feet wide, with a string at twoof its upper corners by which to gird it on theshoulders of the wearer, and a cross on the mid-dle of the upper edge which the priest kisseswhen
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