Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Furnishings and Equipment (hierarchy name)
4. Costume (hierarchy name)
5. costume (mode of fashion)
6. [costume by function]
7. ceremonial costume
8. liturgical costume
9. vestments (ecclesiastical costume)
10. amices

Narrower term/s

• papal fanons

Anotations

Scope note:

Ornamented or embroidered forms of amice worn over the alb, having a circular shape with a round hole or slit in the center so that it can be placed over the head and extend just over the top of the shoulders to fall in a semicircle in front and at the back in the manner of a short cape. From the 8th through the 12th century it is documented as having been worn by several orders of the clergy; in the later centuries it has become restricted to the pope alone. In order to distinguish the papal garments from the earlier garments, use the narrower term "papal fanons."