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Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, "Coquelin, Benoît Constant" to "Costume", Volume 7, Slice 4

Note 29 — VOLUME VII SLICE IV Coquelin to Costume (continued 10)

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The suffibulum of the vestals, which was fastened on the breast by a brooch (fibula), was a garment of this sort. The marriage-veil (flammeum) derived its name from its bright orange colour. The palliolum was a kind of mantilla.

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