cilicium
cilicium, a covering, originally of Cilician goat’s hair, used by soldiers and seamen
Hispania [conversa est ] per mulierculam captivam, que infantulum ~io suscitavit
thalamum velo et auleis non cortina et ~io [gl.: ] ornatumde heyre
ex pilis earum [sc. caprarum ] saga fiunt et ~ia
utens cīlicio veteri pro veste cadaver / defertur templo
in iij ~iis ad navem, ij s. j d.
pro ij ~iis emptis pro hernesio ‥ inde cooperiendo
in j magno ~io empto pro ‥ fardellis cooperiendis super equos
hoc ~ium, A.hayre
an haire , ~ium; ~ius et cilicinus participia
~ium habitus paenitentium est, psalmista teste [cf. ]Psalm. xxxiv 13
paenitens ‥ ~io indutus, inermis et nudipes incedat
[Turstanus ] ~io ad carnem indutus ‥ a corporali vindicta sibi non pepercit
prurientes carnalis insolentie motus ‥ ~io ‥ cohibere
~ium juxta nominis sui rationem et religionis veritatem tenendam celabatur ‥ in occulto
in multo merore, ~io scilicet duplici, tam femorali quam corporali
austeritate majori ~iis monachi [Cistercienses ] semper utuntur, similiter et fratres, nisi cum operibus indulgent
non a cīlicio corrosos exuit artus
E. Cantuariensis archiepiscopus ‥, mortem proximam sentiens, jussit camerario suo ut arderet ~ium suum quo utebatur. ille vero ‥ projecit in ignem. ‥ postea veniens invenit ~ium totum integrum et incombustum
propter mundi peccata adolescens pro loco et tempore gaudet carni sue ~ium adhibere
religiosi et alii qui non curant de ornatu corporis, sicut utentes cilitio
si pediculi multiplicentur a causa intrinseca et non ab extrinseca, sicut est in jacentibus in silicio
de S. Thoma archiepiscopo ‥ et de ejusdem †alicio
egro ‥ morituro famulus ‥ ~ium expandat et supra illud, ad mensuram longitudinis et latitudinis quam ipsum ~ium habet, signum crucis de cineribus faciat, morientemque desuper ponat
strato in terra ~io de more morientium illum desuper composuerunt
cīlicio tectus non est alius sibi lectus(
delicatissimi quondam libri ‥ nunc in cinere et cilicio recubantes ‥ videbantur domicilia tinearum
item ij ~ia ad torallum
habuit ‥ in bracino ‥ j ~ium pro brasio desiccando, precii viij d.
in pistrina ‥ j silicium de pilo ad toralium
in ix virgis ~ie emptis
ego G. de H., tannator, concessi ‥ j domum pro thorale meo cum ~io et jbarkstok
pro c ulnis de ~io pro thorale
pro j novo ~io pro ustrino
- 1. tapijt of kleed van (Cilicisch) geitenhaar;
- 2. (Laatl.) tapijt, kleed;
- 3. (Vulg.) boetekleed.
Ciliciumab ordinario Monachorum habitu rejicit Cassianus lib. 1. Instit. cap. 1. dicens, sapere superbiam, et nullum corpori conferre emolumentum, impedire item laborantem, neque suo tempore in usu fuisse, nisi apud paucos. Glossæ Basilic :
De ciliciis et cilicinis, consule Salmasium ad Solinum pag. 488. Savaronem ad lib. 4. Sidon. Epist. 24. Lindenbrogium ad lib. 24. Ammiani et Haeftenum.Quin et contexto setis coopertus amictu, Exæsa assiduo compunxit acumine membra, Ut tereret tenuem vestis nimis aspera pellem, Et cutis extentis stimulis attacta paveret.
Centones ac feltra, quibus telorum et lapidum, e machinis emissorum, vim retunderent.
- , κιλίκιον, a covering, originally of Cilician goat's hair, used by soldiers and seamen, C., L.
CILIC´IUM(δέρρις), a hair-cloth. The material of which the Greeks and Romans almost universally made this kind of cloth, was the hair of goats. The Asiatics made it of camel's-hair. Goats were bred for this purpose in the greatest abundance, and with the longest hair, in Cilicia; and from this country the Latin name of such cloth was derived. Lycia, Phrygia, Spain, and Libya also produced the same article. The cloth obtained by spinning and weaving goat's-hair was nearly black, and was used for the coarse habits which sailors and fishermen wore, as it was the least subject to be destroyed by being wet; also for horse-cloths, tents, sacks, and bags to hold workmen's tools (fabrilia vasa), and for the purpose of covering military engines and the walls and towns of besieged cities, so as to deaden the force of the ram, and to preserve the woodwork from being set on fire. (Aristot. H.A. 8.28; Aelian, 16.30; Varr. R. R. 2.11; Verg. Georg. iii. 312; Liv. 38.7, 10; Plin. Nat.8.203; Avien. Ora Mar. 218-221; Veget. Ars Vet.i. 42; as ad j., vela, Dig. 33, 7, 12.17; udones, Mart. 14.140.)
[J.Y] [W.S](δέρρις). A haircloth. The material of which the Greeks and Romans almost universally made this kind of cloth was the hair of goats. The Asiatics made it of camel's-hair. Goats were bred for this purpose in Cilicia; and from this country the Latin name of the cloth was derived. Lycia, Phrygia, Spain, and Libya also produced the same article. The cloth obtained by spinning and weaving goat's-hair was nearly black, and was used for the coarse dress which sailors and fishermen wore, as it was the least likely to be destroyed by being wet; also for horse-cloths, tents, sacks, and bags to hold workmen's tools (fabrilia vasa), and for the purpose of covering military engines, and the walls and towers of besieged cities, so as to deaden the force of the ram (see Aries), and to preserve the woodwork from being set on fire.
Among the Orientals, sackcloth, which was with them always haircloth, was worn to express mortification and grief. After the decline of the Roman power, it passed from its other uses to be so employed in Europe also. Monks and anchorites almost universally adopted the cilicium as fit to be worn for the sake of humiliation, and they supposed their end to be more completely attained if this part of their raiment was never washed.