Amikt
The amikt (from Latin amictus "throw, coat"), also called the humerale (from Latin [h] umerus "shoulder") or shawl , is a rectangular cloth made of white linen that priests and deacons traditionally wear at Mass to wear the alb .
description
The amikt is to be worn in case the alb does not cover the usual clothing on the neck. It is usually marked with an embroidered cross, covers the neck and shoulders and is tied with two long straps in front of the chest to prevent it from slipping. The general introduction to the missal provides under No. 81 c that all who wear an alb can also use a shawl and cingulum ; the use of a shawl is therefore not theoretically restricted to the clergy .
The white color of the shawl, together with the alb, refers to the christening robe . In a spiritual sense, the Amikt stands for the special request for God's protection. Until the Second Vatican Council, the cross embroidered in the amict was kissed before it was put on and the following dressing prayer was said: Impone, Domine, capiti meo galeam salutis, ad expugnandos diabolicos incursus (" Put the helmet of salvation on my head, to overcome all diabolical temptations ”).
history
A garment similar to the Amikt was already in use in ancient times . For example, the Roman legionaries depicted on the Trajan column wear a shawl similar to the Amict / Humerale. It was customary as liturgical clothing from the 8th century and became widely used from that time. It was worn regionally differently under or over the alb. Since the late Middle Ages there has been a custom of leaving it on your head while you are dressing and only lowering it onto your shoulders after you have put on the chasuble or at the altar. Since the 18th century, this custom was only common among the older orders, who put the Amikt over the hood and beat down with the hood.
literature
- Joseph Braun : The Liturgical Paraments in the Present and Past. Reprographic reprint of the second, improved edition, Verlag nova & vetera, Bonn 2005, ISBN 3-936741-07-7 , pp. 67-73.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Basic Order of the Roman Missal, No. 336
- ^ Josef Andreas Jungmann : Missarum Sollemnia. A genetic explanation of the Roman mass. Volume 1: Mass through the centuries, mass and ecclesiastical community, preliminary mass. 3rd, improved edition. Herder, Freiburg (Breisgau) et al. 1952, p. 366f.
- ↑ Joseph Braun: The Liturgical Paraments in the present and past. Reprographic reprint of the second, improved edition, publisher nova & vetera, Bonn 2005, p. 69f.