Church of England, Anglican Tippet

(Preaching Scarf)

Black fabric Tippet (Preaching Scarf) polyester mix material, gathered at neck. 

Beautifully made and fully washable. 

Double woven fabric for added weight and drape. 

Discrete piped seams.

** SEE OUR OTHER LISTING FOR STANDARD STYLE TIPPETS **

 

Made to the same quality standards as our Clergy Stoles and Readers Scarf, our Tippets are constructed from the finest poly-mix materials.  Light to wear and easy to wash, it drapes elegantly around the neck of any wearer, being double woven.

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Made by North East Church Supplies in our workshop.

 

The ceremonial scarf worn by Anglican priests, deacons, and lay readers is formally called a tippet, although it is often known colloquially as a "preaching scarf". It is worn with choir dress and hangs straight down at the front. Ordained clergy (priests and deacons) wear a black tippet, while readers (known in some dioceses as licensed lay ministers) wear a blue one. (See our separate listing for the Blue Readers Scarf).  

Tippets are often worn for the Daily Offices of Morning Prayer and Evening Prayer, as required in Canon B8 of the Church of England (in the Canon, the word "scarf" is used in reference to the tippet).  Stricter low church clergy may wear the tippet and choir dress during any church service, whether Communion is celebrated or not. This follows a practice that was enforced from the Reformation until the late 19th century. By contrast, Anglican Catholics tend not to wear the tippet, often preferring to wear the choir habit of Roman Catholic clergy instead.

Clergy who are entitled to wear medals, orders, or awards may fix them to the upper left side of the tippet on suitable occasions (such as Remembrance Sunday). Sometimes the right end of the tippet is embroidered with the coat of arms of the ecclesiastical institution of which the cleric is a member, but some deplore this usage. It is common for English cathedral Canons to have the coat of arms of their cathedral embroidered on one or both sides of the tippet.

The tippet is a different item from the stole, which although often worn like a scarf is a Eucharistic vestment, usually made of richer material, and varying according to the liturgical colour of the day.