Ancient Memorial Brasses (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1913 Excerpt: ...to this vestment because it was originally large enough to cover the entire figure. It is held to be the garment which S. Paul asked S. Timothy to bring with him from Troas (2 Timothy iv. 13). The chasuble was worn over all the preceding vestments. It was oval in shape and was originally made of woollen material, but at a later period silk or other rich fabrics were introduced; it was usually ornamented with a Y-shape orphrey, resembling the pallium, to which further reference will be made; in later times the orphrey became more like a Latin cross. The chasuble had neither sleeves nor armholes, and when the arms were raised it fell over them in folds; a circular opening at the top permitted the head to pass through. The chasuble is typical of the purple mantle which the Roman soldiers placed upon our Lord, after they had scourged Him. It probably derives its origin from Exodus xxviii. 31, 32, 'And thou shalt make the robe of the ephod all of blue. And there shall be an hole in the top of it, in the midst thereof.' Priests were usually buried habited in Eucharistic vestments, and they are generally thus portrayed on their memorials. Good illustrations are found at Shottesbrooke, c. 137o, and New College, Oxford, 1417 (see pp. 43, 93). RlCARDUS KEGETT, 1485, RINGSTEAD In loose amice, alb, and chasuble made of a soft clinging material. The maniple and stole are not shown. At the end of the fourteenth century priests began to wear tight-fitting chasubles made of some thin material; the neck was often bare, the amice fitting loosely round it: Richard Kegett, Ringstead, Norfolk, 1485; on this brass the stole and maniple are not shown. There are only about half a dozen similar instances (see p. 85). About this time the ends of the stole and maniple were widened; t...