Anglo-Saxon ecclesiastical habits, 8th century. Priest from Old English Hexateuch, Cotton MS Claudius B iv, King David playing on a harp from Cotton MS Vespasian Psalter A i, and priest holding the host and the ciborium from Cotton MS Cleopatra C viii. Handcoloured engraving by Joseph Strutt from his Complete View of the Dress and Habits of the People of England, Henry Bohn, London, 1842.

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