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casul, n: over-garment, cloak. (KA-zull / ˈka-zʌl)

Medieval manuscript image of a golden-haired woman, nimbed and crowned, holding three arrows in her right hand, standing with arms extended, shielding with her ermine-lined cloak some women, a pope, clerics and a cardinal; they stand before a tent held open by two angels.
Ursula of Cologne in a Book of Hours; Belgium (Bruges), c. 1460; Morgan Library & Museum, M.387, f. 113v. [ica.themorgan.org]

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