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Meg, perhaps what you are searching for is the *cappa nigra* or *cappa
choralis*, which has a long history leading into the development of the
more elaborate cope (*pluviale*) for liturgical use, while the old *cappa
nigra* itself survived in more-or-less its original form for non-ceremonial
and practical purposes. These references which may help, though they are
rather old:
Thurston, Herbert. "Cope." *The Catholic Encyclopedia. *Vol. 4. New York:
Robert Appleton Company, 1908.
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/04351a.htm
Norris, Herbert.* Church Vestments: Their Origin & Development*. London:
Dent, 1949.
Some pages on Google Books here: http://bit.ly/1echuzX
Leclercq, H. "Chape", in *Dictionnaire d'archéolgie chrétienne et de
liturgie *3:1 (1913), cols. 365-381.
(Maybe this is digitised somewhere by now, but I cannot find it.) --
Paul
On 21 January 2014 06:15, Jane Stemp Wickenden <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
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> Dear Meg,
>
> (frivolous reply alert)
>
> Having just been discussing the story elsewhere, I can't help wondering if
> the absence of copes is anything to do with the story of Bishop Sæmundr inn
> fróði Sigfússon and the Black School: the Devil claimed the soul of the
> last
> student to leave the room, but Sæmundr slipped out so fast that the door
> closed on his heels, leaving the Devil clutching nothing but his cloak.
>
> Jane
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
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> Dear Katrina,
> Black wool would be readily available, though. What is really though, is
> that in none of the existing icelandic medieval illustrations of bishops
> are
> they wearing copes!
> Meg
>
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