[Steven H]

So we clearly have plate and mail gauntlets and even scale (Wisby gauntlets) , but were gauntlets ever made out of linen/cotton in the manner of a gambeson? Even as just an underlayer for other armors?

Thanks.

[Elling Polden]

The cloth armour in the maciowski bible shows gambesons with integrated mittens.
It would be reasonable to belive that integrated mittens in the hauberks of the 12th-14th century where also padded in some fashion.

However, I do not recall seeing independent mittens of this type.

We do however use them extensively as safety equipment, as they are less unhistorical than the alternatives.
(the only independent hand protection I've seen from the 13th c. is the white deer/kidskin gloves worn by noblemen, and used when sword/buckler dueling both in I33 and Codex Manesse)

[Richard Fay]

Hello all!

There is at least one 14th century English effigy shown in drawings in David Nicolle's Arms & Armour of the Crusading Era 1050-1350 Western Europe and the Crusader States that may show padded gauntlets similar to an oven mitt. They might be worn as a supplement to the mufflers, or as a separate defence. These things are hard to interpret, though, so it's open to debate.
This is what Nicolle says about them: