Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their development and history

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Brass of Simon de Wenslagh (circ. 1360), Wensley, Yorkshire (showing the Eucharistic vestments of a priest of the Western Church).
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Their Development and History
BY R. A. S. MACALISTER, M.A. Member of the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland