Sunday, January 18, 2009

Why the chasuble sometimes varies in shape...


Confusing for many, but it's just an evolution. The chasuble became so decorated (and thus heavy) that in some areas it then began to shrink (so to thus free the arms, etc.).

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

So to return to the original seems to be very much a hermenutic of continuity, unless I am mistaken!

Celeste said...

This is great!