Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development by Herbert Norris ISBN 13: 9780486422565

Dover Publications. Good+ with no dust jacket. 1950, 2002. Paperback. 0-486-42256-9 . 190 pages .

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Dover Pubns, June 2002. Paper Back. New. Very little has been published in the way of vestment history in the last fifty years, making it difficult to trace the development of their symbolic and ecclesial significance. Thankfully, Herbert Norris' unabridged commentary has resurfaced to remedy that. Written in 1950, this detailed and comprehensive reference offers historical explanations of very particular articles and dress as they appear on the liturgical scene. Norris notes that initially ''no distinctive dress was worn by early clergy'' though ''their natural impulse would be to insist on a certain measure of refinement, beauty, and dignity: and so they arrayed themselves in the best garments they possessed for the service of God.'' It was only when the classical Roman dress was supplanted by more ''barbaric'' (and subsequently, less conservative) types that the church asserted itself by retaining the ''old-fashioned'' out of… Read More

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Dover Pubns, 2002. Paperback. New. 190 pages. 9.75x6.75x0.75 inches.