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The Regal Vestments

Their importance in the Coronation Ceremony-Essentially the same now as in ancient reigns-Charles II.-James II.- Portions of their Vestments described-Queen Victoria's Vestments-A Queen's Vestments described-The Imperial Mantle-The Vestments of Edward VII. and of George V. T HE importance that has always attached to the vestments used in the coronation ceremony of our sovereigns is evident from all the accounts of the coronations that still exist. In the Liber Regalis at Westminster the colobium sindonis, the dalmatic, the stole and the mantle, all of them ecclesiastical, are categorically mentioned (cf. p. 1.). In Sir Edward Walker's Preparation for His Majesty's Coronation, the vestments used at the coronation of Charles II. are shown to have consisted essentially of the same garments differing in the ornamentation only (cf. p. 7.). The vestments are clearly figured: the supertunica, or dalmatic, has only a floral pattern upon it (Fig. 49); the armilla, also, only has a floral pattern, but BY CHARLES II. AT HIS CORONATION.

BY CHARLES II. AT HIS CORONATION.

Plate XVII THE BRACELETS ST. GEORGE'S SPURS 000 THE REGAL VESTMENTS The there is a cross-patée at each end, and ribbons for tying it (Fig. 50). imperial mantle is embroidered with floral sprays arranged in ovals, as in the existing mantle of Queen Victoria, and bears eagles, roses, fleurs-de-lys and coronets (Fig. 51).