Feast day regalia Monastery Admont
conception
The designs of the liturgical vestments, developed on the theme of Paradise, are based on the thoughts of the Last Supper, devotion, death on the cross and resurrection on Easter morning. Only redemption through Jesus Christ enables man after death to immerse himself in paradise. In the celebration of the Eucharist the coming paradise is tangible for man.
The robes are designed in the shape of an ellipse. On the one hand she takes up the theme of mandola - bread - fish, on the other hand the form of the Gothic or neo-Gothic pointed arches of the Admont collegiate church, which can also be found in the Admont coat of arms. Two Caseln laid on top of each other give the garment a greater plasticity, more volume. But they also refer to the monk's habit of the Benedictines, especially the scapular. The basic shape of the Casel also refers to bread and thus to Maundy Thursday. The white cross released by the golden surfaces indicates the resurrection of Christ on Easter morning. The red cross with the red areas on the lower casel refers to the suffering and death of Christ on the Good Friday cross. These basic ideas and thus the language of form are varied in the other garments.
