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is a deep and broad wooden chest, semicircular in shape, for containing copes unfoldedan ordinary piece of furniture in the sacristies of our largest and most important churches in past years. Examples are to be seen, among other places, at Wells Cathedral, at Salisbury Cathedral, at York Minster, at Lockinge, Berkshire, and at Brampton, Northamptonshire. SEE CHESTS.