I used to think that detailed illustrated books about the clothing of the kohanim were an Orthodox Jewish cultural institution, but evidently not. Johannes Braun's 1701 book
בגדי כהנים, subtitled
Vestitus Sacerdotum Hebraeorum, based on a series of lectures, contains many detailed images of the
kohanim and their vestments, as well as over 750 pages of text. For example, here is the kohen gadol (High Priest):
and another view:
the book includes some suggestions about how the choshen breast plate was laid out:
depictions of "lower" kohanim:
in case you wanted to know what kohanim wore underneath:
finally, where it all comes together:
In case anyone is wondering, his index includes everyone from the Keseph Mishnah to Julius Caesar.
