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==Usage in the Vatican== |
==Usage in the Vatican== |
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[[Image:Whiteprivilege.jpg|thumb|Queen Sofia of Spain meets [[Pope John Paul II]] without wearing a mantilla.]] |
[[Image:Whiteprivilege.jpg|thumb|Queen Sofia of Spain meets [[Pope John Paul II]] without wearing a mantilla.]] |
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Perhaps due to the promotion of the mantilla by Queen Isabel II, it became traditional for ladies to wear a mantilla when received in audience by the [[Pope]], though other head coverings for women prevailed before it and for a time after it. |
Perhaps due to the promotion of the mantilla by Queen Isabel II, it became traditional for ladies to wear a mantilla when received in audience by the [[Pope]], though other head coverings for women prevailed before it and for a time after it. At the inauguration of [[Pope Benedict XVI]] and the [[Requiem Mass]] for [[John Paul II]], she and the Belgian Queen used a white and a black mantilla. Likewise did [[Laura Bush]] while visiting the Holy See. During the inauguration festivities the [[Luxembourg]] grand duchess and many other women used (black) mantillas too. |
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==See also== |
==See also== |
Revision as of 06:16, 9 September 2007
A mantilla is "a lightweight lace or silk scarf worn over the head and shoulders, often over a high comb, by women in Spain and Latin America" (The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000).
Etymology: Spanish, diminutive of manta, cape.
History
The lightweight ornamental mantilla came into use in the warmer regions of Spain towards the end of the sixteenth century, and ones made of lace caught the fancy of some elegant ladies in the following century, as seen in some portraits by Velázquez. However, the ladies of the court and the upper echelons of society did not take to it until the eighteenth century. In the nineteenth century, Queen Isabel II (1833-1868) actively encouraged its use.(History and types of mantilla). The practice diminished after her death, and by 1900 the use of the mantilla became largely limited to special ceremonies, such as bullfights, Holy Week and weddings.
Usage in the Vatican
Perhaps due to the promotion of the mantilla by Queen Isabel II, it became traditional for ladies to wear a mantilla when received in audience by the Pope, though other head coverings for women prevailed before it and for a time after it. At the inauguration of Pope Benedict XVI and the Requiem Mass for John Paul II, she and the Belgian Queen used a white and a black mantilla. Likewise did Laura Bush while visiting the Holy See. During the inauguration festivities the Luxembourg grand duchess and many other women used (black) mantillas too.