1. Made of silk with silver inlays to keep demons and vampires away
2. Used only during the most important religious services and processions and never during the confessions of nice gals in cozy cabins of St.Stephan's cathedral, or snowball horseplay with aforementioned gals
Several questions spring to mind here.What are they made of to have survived so intact for nearly 700 years? When did he use these? So grand just to keep his mitts warm in the snow! Your PS work here is very clever.