Literary notes about Vestiary (AI summary)
The word "vestiary" is employed in literature to denote a space where garments or vestments are stored, often carrying both practical and ceremonial overtones. In narratives, it functions as the setting where a character might change attire for transformation or disguise, as seen when one dons a special garb to assume a new identity ([1]). It also appears in contexts that emphasize organizational structure—whether in a military setting managing uniformity ([2]) or within institutional frameworks such as hospitals or chapels where clothing and sacred objects are kept ([3], [4], [5]). Moreover, the term is linked with notions of authority and formality, underscoring its multifaceted role in depicting both everyday and ritualistic storage of regalia.
- So he went into the vestiary where the garments were kept and doffing his dress donned a garb which converted him into a Darwaysh.
— from The Book of the Thousand Nights and a Night — Volume 15 - The 7th Hussars, the Military Train, have vestiary idiosyncrasies of their own; but there is some sort of uniformity among the men.
— from The History of the Indian Revolt and of the Expeditions to Persia, China and Japan, 1856-7-8 by George Dodd - Vestiary , a room for keeping vestments.
— from Anne of Geierstein; Or, The Maiden of the Mist. Volume 1 (of 2) by Walter Scott - From the east wall of it there was a doorway leading to a chapel, said to be the ancient Vestiary.
— from A Comprehensive History of Norwich by A. D. Bayne - The nature of a Military Hospital renders it proper to have but one vestiary under charge of some man.
— from Subsidiary Notes as to the Introduction of Female Nursing into Military Hospitals in Peace and War by Florence Nightingale
