The observances in use at the Augustinian priory of SGiles and SAndrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire; . hurch of our Fathers, 8vo. Lond. 1849, ii. 19—23. He quotes theRule of S. Gilbert of Sempringham (Mon. Angl. vi. p. *xli), pellice£ de optimis agninis pellibus. In the Roll of the Camerariusat Ely for 8 Edw. III. we find: Pro 12 albis pellibus pro pelliciis ligandis 8d. Vestments of Prior Leschman. lxxvii nary dress of Augustinians. His rochet has tight sleeves, butsometimes this vestment was formed without any sleeves atall, having slits at the sides to put the
The observances in use at the Augustinian priory of SGiles and SAndrew at Barnwell, Cambridgeshire; . hurch of our Fathers, 8vo. Lond. 1849, ii. 19—23. He quotes theRule of S. Gilbert of Sempringham (Mon. Angl. vi. p. *xli), pellice£ de optimis agninis pellibus. In the Roll of the Camerariusat Ely for 8 Edw. III. we find: Pro 12 albis pellibus pro pelliciis ligandis 8d. Vestments of Prior Leschman. lxxvii nary dress of Augustinians. His rochet has tight sleeves, butsometimes this vestment was formed without any sleeves atall, having slits at the sides to put the arms through1. Inhis case the girdle is visible; but the extract quoted aboveshews that our Canons were expected to have long rochets,which could be pulled up so as to conceal the girdle com-pletely. The outer vestment is the cope, with its hood hangingdown over the shoulders. The name {capa pluvialis), given tothis garment in our Observances, sufficiently explains its origin;and the hood was evidently intended as an additional protec-tion against the weather. In the next effigy (fig. 2) of an. Fig. 2. Rowland Leschman, Prior of Hexham 1480—91. 1 Rock^ztf supra, p. 17. Apparently the Canons of S. Victor did not wearrochets, or, if they did, they called them super-pellicea. lxxviii The Dress. Augustinian, Rowland Leschman, Prior of Hexham 1480—91 \ the hood is drawn over the head and the upper part of theface. Like Canon Stodeley, he wears a rochet and a pelisse. Our Canons wore, in summer, copes of coarse woollen clothcalled frieze, without fur; in winter their copes were linedwith lambskin. The amess or almuce or amys (almicia or almutium) whichCanons were allowed to wear on their heads, was originally ashort cape, extending to the elbows, open in front, and notjoined on the breast, but evidently put on like a shawl.
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