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alb

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Searchable Lemmata: albus (L), albe (OE), aube (AF), aube (ME), alba (Ir), alb (OScots), alb (MdE).
Alternate Forms: abe, abbe, alba, albe, aubes, aubis, aulbe, aulbes, awbe, awbes, haube, nawbe, nabe, naube, owbe.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

Note(n.) Garment; The modern ecclesiastical vestment alb stems from Old English albe and from Late Latin alba, a white tunic or garment, originally from Classical Latin albus, meaning 'white'. As such a ubiquitous clerical garment name, it exists in most medieval European languages, either describing various white robes or garments or, specifically, the particular white, surplice-like vestment with close sleeves associated with religious and secular ceremonies. The form 'aube' stems from French usage. Further senses developed from the garment or from the Latin colour term (cf. albus).
c.f.: haub
AF, L, ME, MdE, OE, OScots, SG.
Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
1a(n.) Garment; white tunic used for ceremonial or ecclesiastical use, regularly taking the form of an ankle-length, sleeved tunic, usually of white linen, in some descriptions having apparels at cuffs and lower hem, worn by priests and others, often beneath other vestments (chasuble, dalmatic) and generally worn with an amice.(ante 700 still in current use)
1. Þæt is þonne an Cristesboc mid sylure berenod & III rode eac mid sylure berenode, II sylurene candelsticcan & II ouergylde & I sylurene storcille & I æren & I sylurene waterfet & II sylurene bellen & IIII silurene calices, IIII patenan & syluren pipe & VI massehacelan & IIII cæppan & I roc & VIII stolan, emfela handlina & XI subumbrale & II pistolclaþas & III corporale & III offrincsceatas & XVIIII albæn & IIII pælles & II linenweb to albæn & II blace ręgl cęsternisce & VI uuahryft & VIIII setreil & X hangiende bellan VII handbellan & IIII bedreaf & VI hornas IIII gerenode & VIII sylfrene cuppan & II gegylde weofodsceatas. Legal, Other, Wills. [DOE Ch 1448 (Rob 39) (0002 (3)) 963]
2. denudatur alba et paratur purpuraStage directions from a Cornish Mystery play, refering to the garment taken from Christ during the passion. Characters refer to the garment as a 'cercot vras'. [LexP Passio XPI (Norris) (2075 (st dir))]
3. hanc planetam, ... albam ac stolam ... benedicere ... digneris [DMLBS EGB. (Pont. 17)]
4. presbyteri induti albis et sacerdotalibus stolis regi ... nudis pedibus occurrerunt [DMLBS EADMER (HN) circa 1105]
5. abbas ... erit in vesperis [festorum principalium] solempniter revestitus, scilicet in alba, capa, mitra, cirothecis et anulo, cum baculo pastorali Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS Cust. Cant. (45)]
6. unum album cum paruris de rubeo velveto pulverizatum cum boterfleyes de auro ... j vestimentum de nigro sendell' pro defunctis pro uno capellano Accounts. [DMLBS Invent. Norw. (I) 1368]
7. Et vit tant de genz en albes revestez, Evesqes of les estoles bissins a or frangez Heroic, Historic, Poetic, Romance. [AND Rom Chev ANTS (3840) circa 1175/1200]
8. [24] ... poderis est vestis et dicitur a pos, quod est pes, quia vestis est sacerdotis.s. quando cantat missam: aube ... [25] ... umbone: bucle de talevas Gloss. [AND TLL (ii 24-25) ante 1300]
9. Þere hii were ... grimliche vnderuonge, & inome to abbe of hore [vr. albe of here] & ibro3t in bendes stronge. [MED Glo.Chron.A ((Clg A.11) 7119) circa 1325]
10. Þis ilke selue [chastity] is ous betokned ine þe aube and ine þe gerdle aboue, þet þe ministres of holy cherche doþ an huanne hi ssolle serui at godes wyeuede ... ssol by ycloþed mid linene kertles of chastete, þet is betokned be þe huite ulexe Ecclesiastic/Regula. [MED Ayenb. ((Arun 57) 236) 1340]
11. Item, paié pur repayryng de ii vestementes, stoles et fanonis – v s. Item, paié pur ii newe aubis – vi s. vii d. Item, paié a Sire William Ripyngale pur waschyng de abbis – xii d. Accounts. [LexP Mercers' Accounts (I.354, f. 86r) 1423/1424]
12. I suppose veryly it was his awbe, for my auctor her setteth a word `subucula' whech is both an awbe and a schert. [MED Capgr.St.Gilb. ((Add 36704) 125/30-1) 1451]
13. An Albe: Alba, aphot, linea stricta, poderis. Gloss. [MED *Cath.Angl. ((Add 15562) 2a) circa 1475]
14. cams : alba [LexP Corn Vocab (Norris) (788 (336))]
15. alba albe Gloss. [DOE ÆGl (0872 (314.11))]
16. mor nalua .i. cassal oifrind Ecclesiastic/Regula, Gloss. [eDIL Fél. 2 (lxxi gl. 7(2))]
c.f.: haub, tunic, tunica talaris, vestment, chemise
AF, Ir, L, ME, MdE, OE, OScots, W.
Sex: Male, Female    Ceremonial: No
Body Parts: Arm, Back, Chest, Entire Body, Neck, Shoulder(s).
1b(n.) ; specifically, such a vestment conferred upon a deacon or presbyter.(950 - 1450)
1. exaudi propitius orationem nostram et hanc planetam famuli tui ill. Seu pudorem albam ac stolam cingulum orariumque dextera tua sancta benedicere sanctificare consecrareque et purificare digneris. Quatenus haec uestimenta ministris et leuitis ac sacerdotibus tuis ad diuinum cultum ornandum et explendum proficiant.Found in the blessing of vestments in the ordination of a priest or deacon. [LexP Egbert Pont. (Banting) (23) circa 950/1000]
2. Diaconus uero, antequam ad euuangelium legendum accedat, exuat casulam et duplicans eam circumponat sibi in sinistra scapula, annectens alteram summitatem eius cingulo albe se diacon ær þam to godspelle to rædenne toga he do of mæssehacelan & twyfeldende hi onbutanlecge him on wynstran sculdran tocnyttende oþerne ende þære mid gyrdle alban. [DOE RegCGl (Kornexl) (023700 (34.803)) 970/1050]
3. Alba, quam secundo accipit, significat nouitatem uite, quam Christus habuit & docuitimitandum.Found in a list of sacerdotal vestments, "Qualiter vestes sacerdotales instruunt sacerdotes." See also the following citation. [MED Spec.Chr.(1) (181, 16-17)]
4. The aube that es next do on be-tokeneȜ nuynge of lyfe that Criste had and taught to be felowede.See the previous citation. [MED Spec.Chr.(1) (181,18-20)]
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Ceremonial: No
Body Parts:
2(n.) Law/Custom; (act of) wearing of baptismal robes [in the plural: albas].(circa 690)
1. [Caeduualla] post albas igitur morbo correptus egrescit Poetic. [DMLBS ALDH. (CE 3. 29) circa 690]
2. [Caedualla ] in albis adhuc positus, langore correptus ... solutus a carne ... est Historic. [DMLBS BEDE (HE V 7) circa 689]
L.
Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.
3(n.) Law/Custom; week after Easter when white robes were customarily worn, including low Sunday [plural: albas, albis](circa 1153 ?)
1. celebrata sollemnitate paschali, post albas ad civitatem propriam properavit(cf. ib.: post albas paschales) [DMLBS W. NEWB. (I 26) 1153]
L.
Use: Ecclesiastical    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: N/A.

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Originally, the garment may have been referred to as tunica alba or linea alba, or vestis alb-, vestimentum alb-, from which the modifier was taken to express the garment. The form aube comes from French usage (cf. AF aube), also from L alba (orginally, 'white').
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