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A buskin is a knee- or calf-length boot made of leather or cloth which laces closed, but is open across the toes. It was worn by Athenian tragic actors, hunters and soldiers in Ancient Greek, Etruscan, and Roman societies. The word buskin, only recorded in English since 1503 meaning "half boot", is of unknown origin, perhaps from Old French ''brousequin'' (in modern French ''brodequin'') or directly from its Middle Dutch model ''brosekin'' "small leather boot". Figurative senses relating to tragedy are from the word being used (since 1570) to translate Greek ''kothornos'' or Latin ''cothurnos'', the high, thick-soled boot worn in Athenian tragedy; contrasted with sock (from Latin ''soccus''), the low shoe worn by comedians. Byzantine emperors were formally clad in purple buskins, embroidered in gold with double-headed eagles.〔John Julius Norwich, ''A Short History of Byzantium'', Penguin 1998, p. 248.〕 In rural Norfolk, buskins made of sacking were worn by farm labourers prior to the 1960s, especially at haymaking and wheat harvest, to prevent rats from running up the inside of the trouser legs. It is also used as a name of a torturing device used in the Middle Ages, for example the Scotch Boot. See Boot_(torture). == Roman Catholic Church == (詳細はRoman Catholic Church, buskins are ceremonial liturgical stockings (''caligae'' in Latin) of silk, sometimes interwoven with gold threads and even heavily embroidered, formerly worn by the celebrant of a pontifical Mass.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Buskin )〕 The buskins can be worn over the episcopal sandals, regular dress socks with regular dress shoes, or over the red papal shoes worn by the Pope. Originally liturgical buskins were worn by all priests, until about the eighth century when they were reserved for the exclusive use of bishops as part of the pontificalia, i.e. episcopal "regalia", a privilege in modern times extended to some lesser prelates. In liturgical colour they correspond to the chasuble, but are never worn with black. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Buskin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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