Pontifical gloves
Episcopal gloves have passed since the Middle Ages carried pontificalia which now rarely, but especially still in the extraordinary form of the Roman Rite can be used.
These are finger gloves , originally made of fabric made by needlework , from the beginning of the twelfth century mostly made of silk and often provided with wide, decorated cuffs ( anicalia ). Until the 12th century, pontifical gloves were made of linen and were white. After that there was a transition to the manufacture of silk and the custom of making them in the liturgical colors . They are often decorated with elaborate embroidery, especially made of gold thread .
As special insignia reserved for the bishops , they were intended for use in the liturgy of the pontifical office , the Holy Mass celebrated by a bishop as head of the Holy Mass . The bishop's ring was worn over the glove.
Pontifical gloves were never worn during pontifical requests and the Good Friday liturgy . On the other hand, pontifical gloves were also used for the prayers of the hour or processions .
In analogy to the even older liturgical footwear, the pontifical shoes and stockings, pontifical gloves were introduced as an ornament for the bishop's hands. Abbots were expressly prohibited from wearing pontifical gloves unless they had received special permission from papal privilege.
literature
- Franz Bock : History of the liturgical vestments of the Middle Ages or the origin and development of ecclesiastical vestments and paraments with regard to fabric, fabric, color, drawing, cut and ritual meaning. Volume 2, Cohen, Bonn 1866, p. 131 ff.
- Joseph Braun : The liturgical garment in Occident and Orient by origin and development, use and symbolism. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1907, pp. 359–384 (unchanged reprographic reprint: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, Darmstadt 1964).
- Joseph Braun: The liturgical paraments in the present and past. A manual of paramentics. Second improved edition; Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) 1924, pp. 154-158.
See also
Web links
- Pontifical gloves in KultBild , a project by the research group on cultural history and theology of the image in Christianity at the Westphalian Wilhelms University of Münster
- Entry pontifical gloves on the website of the Institute for Reality Studies of the Middle Ages and Early Modern Times of the University of Salzburg
- Bishop's gloves in the SMW RDK Laboratory for the Real Lexicon on German Art History of the Central Institute for Art History