Francis was dressed in a mantle of cloth of gold, which fell over a jewelled cassock of gold frieze.
He hitched up his cassock to lift his foot, just as the women hold up their skirts, and climbed into the coach.
Then he began to feel his pockets, passing his hands down his worn cassock.
Two of them have a scarf over a surplice or, as is more likely, a loose-sleeved cassock.
Village cures in their black cassocks and shovel hats, and monks in sandals and brown woollen robes, were everywhere.
Rites of passage were seemingly contentious acts, as they involved a trespass into private spheres but without the sanction of tradition that swept in with a cassock.
With the exception of cassocks, ecclesiastical robes and vestments are not rationed.
It is a mandatory requirement that a cassock, a surlice and a scarf shall be worn for morning and evening prayer.
