The Season Per Annum 2025 : 2

In this post, we are pleased to present a distinctive set of vestments in the primitive style sometimes referred to as conical. If any chasuble of the Roman Rite is rightfully to be referred to as "Traditional" then the ancientness of this form earns that designation, since it was used for the Eucharistic celebration from the first centuries of the Church and for fully a thousand years thereafter. The ancient form of the chasuble was common in the East and the West, but the cut of the chasuble diverged at some point.

The primitive style of chasuble is shaped like a bell and when the arms of the wearer are by his side, it envelops the body from the neck to the shins.  But when the arms of the wearer are extended, the conical chasuble folds up from the bottom, as the image above clearly shews.

A conical chasuble, however, may be worn in quite different ways and in the manner illustrated in the adjacent photograph, it is obvious how the Byzantine chasuble or phelonion is related to the ancient chasuble, common to East and West.

These vestments were made from a rustic silk, with a linen-like weave and in a  vibrant shade of green.  The ornament of this chasuble is very simple.  The chasuble is unlined, but because of the weight of the silk, the vestment has good drapery and is not in the least flimsy. 

The vestments of the Saint Bede Studio are beautiful in design, sound in construction and distinctive in appearance.

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The Saint Bede Studio : vestments made by Catholics for Catholics.

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