Comprehensive reference traces evolution of clerical attire through the late 1400s. More than 270 black-and-white illustrations and 8-page color insert depict s

A book that explores the history of church vestments plus directions for making them.

It has been over 60 years since the last guide to the care of church linens and textiles was published and despite being used in every parish church, popular kn

Ecclesiastical Vestments: Their Development and History by Robert Alexander Stewart Macalister, first published in 1896, is a rare manuscript, the original resi