Priests in penal times had to travel light so what better than a reversible chasuble that could be worn to celebrate Mass in Ordinary Time, and also for requiems? Such a garment exists in the collection of treasures owned by Ushaw College.The seventeenth-century chasuble (pictured) features in Treasures of Ushaw College, a new book about the extraordinary collection of artefacts owned by the college, located outside Durham, which was the seminary for the north of England until 2011. Also in the
26 March 2015, The Tablet
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