Show hand coverings traced back to the israelites gloves of antiquity mentions gloves in the bible in the book ol of ruth gloves were worn by the israelites ra elites solely by men of rank mural paintings of thebes show gloves as a part of the kings jai rai xenophon at theand the end bithe oi fhe eighth book of Cyro complains of the unwarranted elegance of the persians that they not only wore umbrellas over them in summer and in winter not satisfied with ordinary clothing but have coverings made of hair for their hands and fingers Chal deans defined gloves in thor their dictionary pliny speaks of an amanuensis who wore gloves upon fix his s hands in winter lest the severity of the weather should let him lose anything homer ment mentions ons laertes father of ulysses in retirement while gloves received his hands to shield them from the thorns A celebrated roman glutton came to the table in gloves so that he might be able to handle and eat the meat while hot and so devour more than the rest of the company the christians at the end of the first century considered the wearing of both shoes and gloves h hairy airy coverings for feet and hands as shameful to persons in perfect health but even cavemen wore gloves possibly years ago according to some learned historians so we really have an m instinct i about gloves and can justify all of their uses even that of pure decoration by studying the costumes ot of the ancients i |