Recycled: a chasuble made from a
coffin pall: early-1500s embroidery, later shape, in one of
the many photos (plus "Ron" cartoons) in Sarah Bailey's Clerical
Vestments: Ceremonial dress of the Church (Shire Publications,
£6.99 (£6.30); 978-0-74781-221-0). It covers church use of
textiles, the evolution, fabrics, colour, symbols, decoration, and
makers of vestments, and offers suggestions for further reading and
places to visit. Current styles and older are both illustrated.
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Recycled: a chasuble made from a
coffin pall: early-1500s embroidery, later shape, in one of
the many photos (plus "Ron" cart...
