. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. is made ofthick swathes ; but the contexture is of linen, and it is folded round many times, andsewed together, besides which a piece of fine linen covers the whole cap from the upper • Lev. vi. 19—23. 1 This shirt is not much shown iii the cuts we iutroduced. CiiAP. v.] THE LAW. 237 part, and reaches down to the forehead, and conceals the seams of the swathes, whichwould otherwise appear unseemly. This adheres closely to the head, that it may notfall off during the sacred service. A little f
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. is made ofthick swathes ; but the contexture is of linen, and it is folded round many times, andsewed together, besides which a piece of fine linen covers the whole cap from the upper • Lev. vi. 19—23. 1 This shirt is not much shown iii the cuts we iutroduced. CiiAP. v.] THE LAW. 237 part, and reaches down to the forehead, and conceals the seams of the swathes, whichwould otherwise appear unseemly. This adheres closely to the head, that it may notfall off during the sacred service. A little farther on, he adds,- The high-prieststiara, or mitre, was like that of the other priests, only it had another of purple, or violetcolour, ahove, and a crown of gold of three rows ahout that, and terminating above in agolden cup, alwut the size of the joint of the little finger. To the untravellcd reader, thatmay suggest the idea of a turban, to which biblical writers are in the habit of referring for acomparison; but to one who knows that there is no sewing, no seam in a turban, nor any. [5. Egypti:.n Mitres.] 238 HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Book II. envelope as described, it will not suggest that comparison; but may be rather supposed todenote the construction of a stiff cap, formed by bands of linen wound over and sewed onanother, and the whole made to present a smooth and even appearance. In this point of view it may appear to have been similar in general purpose and make tothe head-cap, divested of the superior ornaments, in the annexed engravings (5) ; but it is hardto say which of them it may have most resembled in shape. It was not conical; and thisstipulation concerning the priests bonnet, as distinguished from the mitre of the high-priest,doubtless indicates that to have been conical. The predominance of the conical form in theEgyptian mitres is shown by our cut. We do not imagine that the mitre of the Jewish high-priest loas like any of these. They were too much charge
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