Once I was a clever boy learning the arts of Oxford... is a quotation from the verses written by Bishop Richard Fleming (c.1385-1431) for his tomb in Lincoln Cathedral. Fleming, the founder of Lincoln College in Oxford, is the subject of my research for a D. Phil., and, like me, a son of the West Riding. I have remarked in the past that I have a deeply meaningful on-going relationship with a dead fifteenth century bishop... it was Fleming who, in effect, enabled me to come to Oxford and to learn its arts, and for that I am immensely grateful.


Thursday, 26 March 2026

Folded Chasubles and Broad Stoles


This being this blog regular readers will expect during Lent at least one article about folded chasubles and B-road stoles, the traditional liturgical gesture for deacons and sub-deacons in this penitential season.

This week the Liturgical Arts Journal has an illustrated article showing three phases in the evolution of these vestments, together with illustrations of the different forms the chasuble and stole have taken. There is also a link to an older article - one I believe I have linked to before on this blog - about the history of these items.



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