About gloves, see laisse 25 of the Chanson de Roland where Charles gives
Ganelon his right-hand glove and a wand as a token of his embassy to the
Saracens. Ganelon's dropping of the glove is a very bad sign. Giving a
glove is a 'symbol of investiture', and a 'token of a pledge or of a
challlenge to battle' according to OED, 'glove' 1, c, d, where several
instances are given.
[P.S. Judith, thanks for your book review. A hard copy would be great.]
Andrew Lynch
>seeing we are discussing clothing etc, i wonder if anyone out there knows
>of any discussions of the use of gloves in coronations or in legal contexts
>- my best source has been a very elderly encyclopaedia britannica,
>
>any suggestions that can update this would be gratefully received
>
>thanks, Judith Collard
>
>Judith Collard [log in to unmask]
>Art History and Theory, University of Otago, P.O. Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
>ph. (03) 479 8334 Fax: (03) 479 8558
Andrew Lynch
Department of English
The University of Western Australia
Nedlands
WA 6907
Australia
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