From: #porson (porson@ix.ix.netcom.com)
Date: Wed Apr 08 1998 - 02:05:51 EDT
almutium: an ecclesiastical term for a mozzetta, a type of short vestment
that folded over the breast, similar to an amice. It sometimes refers, if
I'm not mistaken, to a kind of hood or cowl, folding over the shoulders
and breast.
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