COMMENTARY: Liturgical vestments like copes, chasubles and dalmatics are part of the beauty of the liturgy, alongside church ...

Liturgical vestments have evolved over centuries ... The act of tying the cincture is an external reflection of the internal discipline of the priesthood. The chasuble’s origins trace back to the ...

However items given by royalty to the Abbey still survive elsewhere – for example the Stonyhurst cope and the so-called Westminster chasuble. The colours of vestments vary according to the seasons or ...