Buskins
buskins
Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes ornamented, worn by the celebrant of a Pontifical Mass.
Fuente: New Catholic Dictionary
Buskins
(Caligæ).
Ceremonial stockings of silk, sometimes interwoven with gold threads, and even heavily embroidered, worn by the celebrant of a pontifical Mass. Originally worn by priests, they were reserved about the eighth century for the exclusive use of bishops, a privilege recently extended to lesser prelates. In colour they correspond to the chasuble, but are never worn with black.
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CATALANI, Cærem. Episcop. Comm. Illus. (Paris, 1860), I, 197-199; BERNARD, Le Pontifical (Paris, 1902), I, 17-18; MACALISTER, Ecclesiastical Vestments (London, 1896). 104-105.
JOHN B. PETER Transcribed by Wm Suart French, Jr. Dedicated to Abbot Vincent Taylor, O.S.B. Second Abbott Nullius Belmont Abbey Nullius, N.C., U.S.A.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume IIICopyright © 1908 by Robert Appleton CompanyOnline Edition Copyright © 2003 by K. KnightNihil Obstat, November 1, 1908. Remy Lafort, S.T.D., CensorImprimatur. +John Cardinal Farley, Archbishop of New York
Fuente: Catholic Encyclopedia
Buskins
(caligce; anciently called campagi), are -stockings of precious stuff-satin, cloth of gold, or silk embroidered-worn by bishops when celebrating, being the first vestment assumed; also by kings at their coronation, and on other solemn occasions. Anciently their use was confined to the bishop of Rome, but by the 9th century they were generally worn by all bishops. The buskins used at the coronation of king James II were made of cloth of tissue. Those belonging to bishop Waynflete, the founder of St. Mary Magdalen College, Oxford, are preserved in the library of that society.