Church Vestments and Textiles by Margery Roberts

Sewing Church Linens by Elizabeth Morgan.

Vestments for All Seasons by Barbara Dee Baumgarten.

British priestesses. Roman era 3rd century.

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Roman British priestesses costumes. 3rd century.

British priestesses. Roman era 3rd century.

Source: Selections Of The Ancient Costume Of Great Britain And Ireland, from the 7th to the 16th century by Charles Hamilton Smith. London: Printed by William Bulmer and Co. Shakspeare-Press, for Messrs. Colnaghi and Co. Cockspur Street, 1814 Engraver: Atkinson, John Augustus, 1775 c. 1833, Havell, Robert, d. 1832,  Merigot, James. Hill, John, 1770-1850.

Continuing

Britain under Roman rule. Celt and Roman. England 43 BC to 440 AD.
The Gallic and Gallo-Roman costume period.
The Roman Costume and Fashion History in Antiquity.
The dress of the Ancient Britons. The druidical robe.
Frankish Merovingian costume history 4th and 5th century.
Byzantine fashion history. Costumes and modes from 5th to 6th century.
The shields of the Gauls. Clans in the Roman Empire.

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