The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . tolic and, in Spain, bythe queens confessorsand the canons of cer-tain churches. Thenameis derived from theGreek, Mitros{a thread).A headgear of some sortwas the distinguishingfeature of the priest-was worn by heathenpriests, and the Jewish priests wore a cap or tur-ban which the Septuagint translates by Mitra(mitre) for the cap of the high priest, and, again,Kidaris is applied to the head-covering of thepriests of the second order. The Vulgate followsthe Septuagint, sometimes using mitra, som
The mass and vestments of the Catholic church, liturgical, doctrinal, historical and archaeological . tolic and, in Spain, bythe queens confessorsand the canons of cer-tain churches. Thenameis derived from theGreek, Mitros{a thread).A headgear of some sortwas the distinguishingfeature of the priest-was worn by heathenpriests, and the Jewish priests wore a cap or tur-ban which the Septuagint translates by Mitra(mitre) for the cap of the high priest, and, again,Kidaris is applied to the head-covering of thepriests of the second order. The Vulgate followsthe Septuagint, sometimes using mitra, some-times kidaris, and occasionally tiara. Menard after a careful research into the ancientLiturgies concludes that the mitre was not in useprior to the year 1000. Contemporary art bearsout this statement, and Hefele concurs by writing:It is not till the eleventh century that representa-tions of Popes, bishops and abbots with the mitreoccur; though from that time onwards they are Supplementary Vestments 493 very numerous. An illuminated picture of in a MS. preserved in the British museum.
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