It was originally a long garment with open sleeves reaching nearly to the ground, as it remains in the Catholic tradition and the Anglican tradition, the surplice often has shorter, closed sleeves and square shoulders.
It was originally a long garment with open sleeves, as it remains in the Catholic tradition and the Anglican tradition, the surplice often has shorter sleeves. This is closed. It was originally a long garment with open sleeves, as it remains in the Catholic tradition and the Anglican tradition, the surplice often has square shoulders. This is closed. These open sleeves are reaching nearly to the ground.