ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD ALMUCE
From Old French aumusse, from Medieval Latin almucia, of unknown origin.
10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ALMUCE»
Discover the use of
almuce in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
almuce and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
It will be understood that the almuce is a choir vestment, not a mass vestment ;
and it must not be confounded with the linen amice, or amictus,1 which the priest
should put upon his head when he is about to say mass, and after putting on the
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Ecclesiological Society, 1849
Dignitaries should therefore obey the Rubric by wearing the grey almuce if they
wish to adopt a mark of distinction, and not rob the poor parish clergy of their one
distinctive garment, the tippet or black scarf.i The main difference between the ...
Almuce. A square-ended hood with a cape, long fur tippets and lined with fur. The
clerical rank was indicated by the quality of the fur. Today the Norbertines (White
Canons) have a relic of this in the form of a white fur muff over their left arms.
CHOIR AND PROCESSIONAL VESTMENTS The Almuce. Except when at Mass,
the usual vestments worn were cassock and surplice, almuce, hood and cope.
The cassock was the ordinary walking dress of the clergy. In a few cases it is ...
armour he wears a chasuble, and between his hands is a coat-of-arms. CHOIR
AND PROCESSIONAL VESTMENTS The Almuce. Except when at Mass, the
usual vestments worn were cassock and surplice, almuce, hood and cope.
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Medieval Costume in England and France: The 13th, 14th and ...
The Almuce. 3. The Surplice. 4. The Cassock. 1. The Cappa Nigra is not stiffened
; its cut approaches the circular, not the semi-circular, shape of the Processional
Cope. A hood is often attached to it and in front the lower corners of the garment ...
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Eight Decades: The Selected Writings of W. Gunther Plaut
It was the amice (or almuce), a cape which covered the shoulder and which was
worn by the priest until he arrived at the altar.12 Rabanus Maurus' opinion that
the amice originated in the biblical ephod is no longer held;13but it appears most
...
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Vestments for All Seasons
It stems from the cape section of the medieval university hood, the almuce, and its
ends feature church or school emblems (see Figure 2-7). Hood Another
derivative from the medieval university hood or almuce, the hood hangs from the
neck ...
Barbara Dee Baumgarten, 2002
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A Large New Catalogue of the Bishops of the Several Sees ...
1 All these Canons mentioned above wore a white Robe, with a Rochet \Roche* '
** V*****7^f. tum~\ of fine Linen above their Gown, a Surplice in the Church, \
SuperpellW} }1fy^ ciutn,~\ and an Almuce \_Almutium~\ formerly on their
Shoulders, ...
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Church Vestments: Their Origin and Development
This comprehensive reference by a noted costume authority traces the evolution of clerical attire through the centuries until the end of the 1400s.
