Definitions
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. A tunic without sleeves, or with short close-fitting sleeves, worn by deacons and others in the early church: identical with or a variety of the dalmatic. See dalmatic and leviton.
- n. A similar garment, with or without a hood, formerly worn by monks.
- n. A dress worn by a king at his coronation, corresponding to the clerical dalmatic. See dalmatic.
Examples
“In the "Hortus deliciarum" in the "album" belonging to the Abbess Herrada of Landsberg in the twelfth the colobium is short, and approaches the form of the perizoma.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“Until the eleventh century crucifixes showed Christ reigning and alive on the Cross, with the wounds in his hands and feet glorified by emergent rays or scintillating jewels; and his body was clad in the colobium or kingly raiment and the head was crowned with a diadem.”
“A tunic that reaches to the feet is called a gown tunic (tunica talaris, Gr. poderes); a tunic without sleeves or with short sleeves is called colobium; one which leaves the right shoulder free, exomis.”
“However, the crucified Christ dressed in a long garment (colobium) indicates a great antiquity, perhaps the eighth or ninth century.”
“A tunic (colobium sindonis) was put upon him with sandals upon his feet and spurs.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“Gregory of Tours, in his work "De Gloriâ Martyrum", I, xxv, speaks of a crucifix robed in a colobium, or tunic, which in his day was publicly venerated at Narbonne in the church of St. Genesius, and which he considered a profanation -- so far was the public cult of the crucifix from having become general up to that time.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“With the tenth century realism began to play a part in Christian art, and the colobium becomes a shorter garment, reaching from the waist to the knees”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“Christ of his garments, and the traditional colobium, or tunic, remained until the ninth century.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“Christ crucified appears between Our Lady and St. John and is clad in a long, flowing tunic (colobium), and fastened by four nails, as was the ancient tradition, and as Gregory of Tours teaches:”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
“In the first period the Crucified is shown adhering to the cross, not hanging forward from it; He is alive and shows no sign of physical suffering; He is clad in a long, flowing, sleaveless tunic (colobium), which reaches the knees.”
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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