{"product_id":"violet-marian-chasuble-auspice-maria","title":"Violet Marian Chasuble with Auspice Maria Monogram, Lilies and Doves","description":"\u003cp\u003eA violet satin gothic chasuble for Advent and Lent, embroidered in gold with the crowned Auspice Maria monogram, a ring of stars, white lilies and doves. It is a penitential vestment with a Marian face, made for the season in which the Church waits with Our Lady.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eThe embroidery\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe front orphrey is set between two bands of gold galloon. At its head a royal crown rests above the interlaced A and M of the Auspice Maria monogram, ringed with small gold stars. Below, white lilies open between doves with outspread wings, and a climbing scroll of gold foliage carries further lilies down to a footed urn at the hem. Two smaller crowned monograms and two gold crosses are set on the shoulders.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe back is quieter by design: a single royal crown at the top of a tall column of gold vine, rose and fleur-de-lys scrollwork, held between narrow gold stripes, with a small gold cross at the back of the collar.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eLiturgical use\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eViolet is the colour of the two penitential seasons. This chasuble is made for \u003cstrong\u003eAdvent and Lent\u003c\/strong\u003e, and serves equally for penitential services, communal celebrations of reconciliation, and, where local custom uses violet rather than black, for funerals and Masses for the dead.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIts Marian imagery suits Advent particularly, the season of the Annunciation, the Rorate Mass and the O Antiphons. It is not the vestment for the white Marian solemnities such as the Immaculate Conception or the Assumption, which call for white or gold, and it is not worn at Pentecost, in Holy Week or in Ordinary Time.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eCut and construction\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFull gothic cut, wide across the shoulders and falling in a deep curve over the arms to a rounded hem, with no fastening. The ground is a violet satin with a clear, cool lustre, edged and divided with woven gold galloon, and the embroidery is stitched into the cloth rather than applied as a patch.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eSizing and made to measure\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTake one of the four graded standard sizes from the size guide on this page, or choose Made to Measure and send us your own figures — height, chest, waist and the front length you want — and the chasuble is cut to them. Made to Measure is priced the same as Extra Large.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003ch2\u003eOrdering for a date\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eOrders are dispatched within 5–7 days, and delivery typically takes a further 10–15 days. Advent and Lent both bring a rush, so order early or write to \u003ca href=\"mailto:support@theclergycouture.com\"\u003esupport@theclergycouture.com\u003c\/a\u003e and we will tell you what is still possible.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eBrowse the rest of our \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/chasubles\"\u003echasubles\u003c\/a\u003e and \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/violet-vestments\"\u003eviolet vestments\u003c\/a\u003e, see what we make for \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/advent-vestments\"\u003eAdvent\u003c\/a\u003e and for \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/lent-vestments\"\u003eLent\u003c\/a\u003e, or ask about \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/custom-vestments\"\u003ecustom and made to measure vestments\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The Clergy Couture","offers":[{"title":"Small","offer_id":49379912089835,"sku":"TCC-CHS-VIO-AVM-005-S","price":245.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Medium","offer_id":50526123950315,"sku":"TCC-CHS-VIO-AVM-005-M","price":253.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Large","offer_id":50526123983083,"sku":"TCC-CHS-VIO-AVM-005-L","price":264.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Extra Large","offer_id":50526124015851,"sku":"TCC-CHS-VIO-AVM-005-XL","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Made to Measure","offer_id":49379912351979,"sku":"TCC-CHS-VIO-AVM-005-MTM","price":275.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0851\/8375\/8571\/files\/tcc-purple-chasuble-auspice-maria-front_6c7c8acc-654a-40cf-970d-0abd04d714e2.jpg?v=1788899194","url":"https:\/\/theclergycouture.com\/products\/violet-marian-chasuble-auspice-maria","provider":"The Clergy Couture","version":"1.0","type":"link"}