Note 35 — CONTENTS.
Reading edition
'Directorium Anglicanum,' pp. 16, 21. "The amice is an oblong square of fine white linen, and is put on upon the cassock or priest's canonical dress. It is embroidered or 'apparelled' upon one edge. In vesting, it is placed for a moment, like a veil, upon the crown of the head, and then spread upon the shoulders." "The apparel of the amice cannot be too rich in its ornamentation." Amice is the Latin amictus—"the covering," referring to Psalm cxl. 7, "Thou hast covered my head in the day of battle."