New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-02-23
THE DRESS or THE CLERGY
From Thc Ounrterln Reric,r.

Prom the quarterly AerfcT.
Dean Stanley describes, evidently with infinite
amusement the purely secular and common origin
of the present OCla. dress OF The clergy, wine her IN
the Anglican or in the Roman Church. and he
forces with the hyelcs illustration the conclusion
that the dress of the clergy had no distinct intel-
ton symbotica, saceuOta sacrihcial or mystical"
but originated simply IN ., the fashions common 10
the whole community or the Roman Empire during
tine three first ccutuucs' He begins 10y dressing up
a lay figure NJ the time OF the Christian era, and
shows how his Y2rlUua garments have survived III
clerical costume Ills shirt, 'GmSid or chemSe, sur
wives two forms, the alb so-cailed from lts beng
white, and the daimdti,, s0caled from DalUdtIa,
from whence this shape ot IL was d,ryed--in,t as
certain CreitcO9ts, 10 quote the Dean : lilu.tra-
tiOn, called ulsters. TINS SLIr, at .er the
invasion OF the northern OaIbarians, used to be
drawn over the fur cOat, sheep SKIN, or otter skin,
the yesse of the Northern uatio -, and hence, in
the twgli century, arose the barbar0us name Of
present Rector of St. 6tOcg stint Last the Rev.
Harry Jones, told an amusing stoIy "t the Dean,
which illustrates this POINT. lie came e. preach at
81 Georges one very cold DAY, wrapped IN lur
coat, aud MI Jones ADVISED hIm 10 Keep u on our
ing TIE service. " Yes SAID the Dean, " tuiuk l
had better do so, and then my surphce will be
true ~uperpclllcIum.' Another form Of the same
dress -tlry ives in the Bishops rOcue which is the
little rock or coat worn by the medieval bishops
Out of doors hen they went our huujIug similarly
the pal OF an archbishop Is the relic OF the Roman
toga or palhum. IL Is not So certain as the Dean
suppo>es, that Cas-oCL Is derived from Caracall,
" a long overall, which AntOuIau- bdrsIanus
brought from France, aud whence he derived DIS
name tor IL has also been traced to kdS-,hn, or
hide But tuerc can De no doubt that chasuble
comes from cGsuiG, "a slang name used ~ The
Italian laboreT, for the cGp0e which they called
their htila house." as % tle" Is-or short
time ACCUSED for d" hat and coat l. the same
word as cote" or " cottage; nor that cope" is
another form OF OveTcOat-a sort 81 waterproof or
that the mI;re was an ordinary hCid-dress worn
by women. and s1lI, according TO the Dean, TO he
seen In the museums OF Russia, the cap or turban
worn on festive occasions i'm ancient days ~ princes
and MOBILES and, even 10 this day. by The peasant
women. The division INTO two points Is, hC says
"Only the mark of the crease, which Is the Couse-
queuc Of It's having been, i le opera hat folded
and arried under the arm
The stole, LASTLY, a simple handkerchief Tor
common uses. On state occasions such uaudker-
chiefs were used ribbons, ,tTeaucIs, 0r scs,aud
were hence adopted by the uetcOu5, who had httic
else To- Distinguish them. The Dean munitions
curious modern illustration OF tie way III y IIch The
use oil such a slight symbol may arise. W hen sir
james Brooke first returned from BurncO, where the
only sigu OF royalty Wac 10 hold kerchef IN tue
hand. he rCtau.d the Practice IN England, he
process by which these simple garu, It's passed INTO
official use l. easily traced fus; the only CHRIS
tan clrrg, aud laty alike, when they came to
their puhc a,ssenbhcs took that their clothes,
though the same as they usually wore, should be es-
peciIIlv neat and clean. Next, IL Was haturi that
lie oor- and forms chosen should be of a grave
ana sober tint. Lastly Gaze the process, wEicn may
he easily followed IN Ehglls society during the last
TWO centuries f common fashions uel Omlug nXed IN
certain CLASSES az particular n meuts, and OF what
was once common 10 all becoming peculiar TO lew.