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dalmatic

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Searchable Lemmata: dalmatica (L), dalmatice (OE), dalmatic (AF), dalmatik (ME), dalmatyk (OScots), dalmatic (MdE).
Alternate Forms: dalmatica, dalmaticam, dalmatice, dalmaticis, dalmatike, dalmatikes, dalmatiqe, dalmatique, damatique, dalmatyk, dalmatyke.

    Definitions and Defining Citations:

1a(n.) Garment; ecclesiastical vestment; overgarment such as an over-tunic, originally believed to be in the fashion of Dalmatia and introduced by Pope Silvester in the 4th century. The dalmatic is often worn by deacons assisting the priest, taking the form of a long, tunic-like upper garment with wide sleeves and (esp. in modern contexts) having two stripes. Depictions of bishops frequently show the dalmatic worn under the chasuble and over the alb. (Some attestations are unspecified and may more appropriately belong to sense 1b).(ante 700 still in current use)
1. Dalmatica tunica latas manicas habens. [DOE CorpGl 2 (Hessels) (2191 (4.10))]
2. Mid munecum þonne ongemang þæs abbodes handþweale gange se diacon, þe þære wucan wicþen is, and hine mid dalmatican gescryde and þa oðre wicþenas mid alban, and gecnylledum beacne gan hi in, and se diacon mid dalmatican gescryd bere þa Cristesboc. [DOE RegC 1 (Zup) (0046 (156))]
3. Þa gelamp hit, þæt man alegde ofer þa bære, þe his lic on wæs, his dalmatican, & þa com þider sum deofolseoc man & gehran þære dalmatican. [DOE GDPref and 4 (C) (0689 (42.329.22))]
4. Þæt is þæt he hæfð þider ynn gedon II biscoproda & II mycele gebonede roda butan oðrum litlum silfrenum swurrodum & II mycele cristesbec gebonede & III gebonede scrin & I geboned altare & V silfrene caliceas & IIII corporales & I silfren pipe & V fulle mæssereaf & II dalmatica & III pistelroccas & IIII subdiacones handlin. [DOE Rec 10.1 (RobApp I 1) (0006 (21))]
5. Inde uero, dum manus lauant, diaconus <epdomadarius> et reliqui ministri eant et induant se, signoque collationis moto, ingrediantur, diacono dalmatica induto cum textu euuangelii, precedentibus cereis et turribulo, legaturque euuangelium secundum Iohannem, Ante diem festum, donec tintinnabulum pulsetur : þanon soþlice þa hwile handa beoþ þwegene se diacon wucþen & oþre þenas gan & scrydan hi & tacne æfenrædincge gestyredum in gann diacone mid diaconrocce gscryddum mid trahte godspell forestæppendum taperum & storcillan & si rædd godspelles æfter oþ þæt belle si gecnylled. [DOE RegCGl (Kornexl) (0305 (42.994)) 970/1050]
6. hora congrua ingrediatur diaconus capitulum ... , alba ... et dalmatica indutus Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS LANFR. (Const. 111) ante 1089]
7. un forsené ... ke tucha Sa (=dead saint’s) dalmatike ke sur sun fiertre esteit De sun travail tut garisseit [AND Lum Lais ANTS (12127) 1268]
8. [37] ... chasuble: infula: chasuble ... dalmatica gallice: dalmatic ... [38] ... ferulas: batuers et ferula est nomen, arcoreres talevas Gloss. [AND TLL (i 37-38) ante 1300]
9. unum vestimentum integrum pro sacerdote, diacono et subdiacono, viz. unam casulam, tunicam et dalmaticam de viridi panno de Tarys ... [DMLBS Reg. Glasg. (227) 1320]
10. une chappelle de camocas noir, semé de soleil[s] d’or de Cypre, fournie de trois chappes orfraiés de brodeure, comprimez (l. componné ?) de velvet vert et rouge ... une chasuble, damatique et tunique Accounts. (dating uncertain; citations from individual page of text may not be in original order) [AND Bedford Inventories (B2) circa 1389/1435]
11. [92] ... j Surcote de Scarleta pro parliamento furrato cum byce. ... [93] ... Vnum integrum vestimentum de blodio damask, orphreyed de motteley veluet ... cum frontell et contrafrontell et parura operata ad modum vnius Burse ... Vnum vestimentum de bustian albo ... j frontell et contrafrontell panni linei styneth [?read: steynet] ... .iij amittas cum parura de albo Tartaryn steyneth [?read: steynet] cum trefoill ... [98] ... j frounte & ij curtyns ... pro j altare ... j frontell cum j frount et j reredos ... j Celur cum j reredos ... j reredos cum j frount et ij curtyns de Tartarin viridi radiato ... v capis de panno adaurato de Lukes albo; j panno adaurato de Lukes veteri ... ij vlnis di. panni adaurati de Lukes blodio ... j panno adaurato de Lukes partito rubeo et viridi ... ij dalmatikes de panno ad aurum de Lukes albo ... ij lynynges de Tartarin ... j de colore viridi et alter de colore nigro ... [99] ... Item vn daggeswayn, pris ij s. Accounts. (citations from individual page of text may not be in original order) [MED Invent.Agincourt in Archaeol.70 (92-99) 1415]
12. Wyth a prestis vestment hale, With twnykill and dalmatyk Historic. [DOST Wynt. (IX. 595) circa 1420]
13. [213] ... The Revestyng of the abbot of Westminister att evensong: Fyrste the westerer shall lay the abbotes cope lowest opon the awter ... nex opon hys gray Ames, [etc.] ... [214] ... The Revestyng of the sayd abbot att syngyng hy Masse: Fyrst the westerer shall lay lowest the chesebell, above that the dalmatyke..then hys stole & hys fanane and hys gyrdyll ... Accounts. [MED Invent.Westm.in Archaeol.52 (213-214) ante 1500]
c.f.: dalmaire
AF, L, ME, MdE, OE; Primarily Accounts; Toponym.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Status: n/a    Rank: n/a    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Arm, Back, Chest, Shoulder(s), Waist.
1b(n.) Garment; dalmatic (1a) specified as worn by the bishop or granted to an abbot or prior.(ante 1100 - circa 1850 still in current use)
1. Dalmatica uestire sibi lucrum significat ex semine : mid biscoprocce scrydan him gestreon getacnað of cynne. [DOE ProgGl 1 (Först) (0086 (85))]
2. Lamfrancus ... ecclesie Roffensi misit dalmaticam principalem de albo dyapre circumdatam aurifrisio Historic. (the date corresponds to the chronicle entry for that year) [DMLBS Flor. Hist. (II 20) 1088]
3. episcopus qui ... ecclesiam detractaverit ... consecrare ... a dalmatice, tunice et sandalium usu ... noverit se suspensum Ecclesiastic/Regula, Historic. [DMLBS Conc. Syn. (751) 1268]
4. priori ... ecclesie S. Edmundi de Hatissel [Athassel, Co. Tipperary]: ... tibi ... et successoribus tuis ... utendi anulo, mitra, tunica, dalmatica, et cirothecis ... plenam concedimus ... facultatem Other. (given to an abbot, Co. Tipperary, Ireland) [DMLBS Mon. Hib. & Scot. (59a) 1254]
5. quod abbates monasteriorum Westmon', S. Albani, S. Edmundi de Bury, de Evesham, et S. Augustini Cantuar' ... gaudent ... usu mitre, annuli, chirothecarum, tunice, dalmatice, sandaliorum, et aliorum insignium pontificalium (Lit. Papae) Ecclesiastic/Regula. [DMLBS Conc. (III 143b) 1379]
L; Toponym.
Sex: Male    Use: Ecclesiastical    Rank: High    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Back, Chest, Shoulder(s), Waist.
1c(n.) Garment; ornate, knee-length or longer, tunic-like garment with wide sleeves, similar in shape to the ecclesiastical dalmatic, as worn by a sovereign at coronation.(ante 1190 - post 1830)
1. deinde induerunt eum vestimentis regalibus: primo viz. tunica, deinde dalmatica Historic. (the date corresponds to the chronicle entry for that year) [DMLBS R. HOWD. (III 10) 1189]
2. due broche auree ad pallium et dalmaticam, quarum in una est saphirus et in alia perla (Receipt R 3) Historic. [DMLBS Rec. Coronation (55) circa 1220]
L, MdE; Toponym.
Sex: Male, Female    Use: Secular    Status: High    Rank: High    Ceremonial: Yes
Body Parts: Arm, Back, Chest, Neck, Shoulder(s).

    Etymological Evidence:

Definite, Classical Latin Dalmaticus (Dalmatian). Named from the region of Dalmatia.
WF: Borrowed into the British Isles
Etym Cog: dalmatica.
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