This post features a set of vestments in the Studio's re-creation of the most ancient form of chasuble, often referred to as the conical chasuble. Most readers of this post will never have seen such a chasuble, which was the only form of chasuble in the West from primitive times until the Middle Ages.
The conical chasuble is like a flattened bell in its shape, with very long shoulders seams. When it is put on, it completely envelops the wearer and must be drawn up into the small of the arms for convenience. It is in drawing-up the chasuble in this way that caused it to form the distinctive folds which are so commonly seen in Mediaeval images of the celebration of Mass. These folds are shewn in the image.
This set of vestments was made from an ivory-coloured dupion silk and lined with a lemon-coloured cloth. It was ornamented with one of the Studio's unique braids, forming a TAU in the front and a column at the back. This braid, being a replica of a mediaeval ornament, is in colours of red, white and straw-gold upon a deep blue background. It is called Saint Raymund.
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