To n. 324. - Appendix VI. On the Origin of Sacred Vestments

Our chasuble is the ancient paenula, which afterwards, even in lay use, was called planeta or casula. And at first it was entirely closed.

The dalmatic was a tunic of the wealthy, which draws its name from Dalmatia, where it was invented. For some time, only the deacon who attended the Pope could wear the dalmatic.

The alb represents the linen parts of ancient clothing.

The maniple comes from the small cloths or linens which were carried in the hand.

The stole is said to come from the orarium, or oblong and wide linen which was carried around the neck and served either for veiling the mouth or even for wiping it.

The cincture and amice (from the eighth century) were added later from the clothing of monks, which was the clothing of the humbler.

The pallium alone is of primary ecclesiastical origin, and indeed Greek. It is of more recent use (cf. Battifol, Etudes de liturgie et d'archeologie chretienne, 1919, p. 83).