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The surplice originally reached to descended from the feetGreek alb, but as early as the 13th century it began to shorten, though as late as the 15th century which it still fell to the middle of the shin, and only replaced in the 17th and 18th centuries did it become considerably shorter. In several localities it underwent more drastic modifications in the course of time, which led to the appearance of various subsidiary forms alongside the original type. For example:* the sleeveless surplice, which featured holes at the sides to put the arms through* the surplice with slit-up arms or lappels (so-called "wings") instead of sleeves* the surplice with not only the sleeves but the body of the garment itself slit up the sides, precisely like the modern [[dalmatikon]]* a sort of surplice in the form of a bell-shaped mantle, with a hole for the head, which necessitated the arms sticking out under the hemNorth before Rome's schism from Orthodoxy.
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*[[Wikipedia:Surplice]]
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