Church Vestments
Church Vestments

Author: Herbert Norris

Publisher: Courier Dover Publications

Published: 2017-05-04

Total Pages: 232

ISBN-13: 0486142639

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Comprehensive reference traces evolution of clerical attire through the late 1400s. More than 270 black-and-white illustrations and 8-page color insert depict simple alb, pallium, chasuble, cassock, surplice, mitre, and accessories.

Ecclesiastical Vestments
Ecclesiastical Vestments

Author: Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister

Publisher:

Published: 1896

Total Pages: 332

ISBN-13:

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Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their Development and History by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister, first published in 1896, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.

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Author: Warren T. Woodfin

Publisher: Oxford University Press

Published: 2012-01-19

Total Pages: 376

ISBN-13: 0199592098

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Originally presented as the author's thesis (doctoral)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 2002.

Ecclesiastical Dress in the Medieval Near East
Ecclesiastical Dress in the Medieval Near East

Author: Karel C. Innemée

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2023-08-14

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13: 9004645195

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On the basis of texts, wall-paintings and book-illuminations, this study offers the reader a survey into the liturgical and monastic dress of the Coptic, Nubian, Syrian and Armenian Churches. The starting-point of the investigation is the liturgical vestments in Nubian wall-painting, but eventually an image of the influences and differences in ecclesiastical dress between the several Eastern Churches appears.