When I saw pictures of Assyrian "clergy" dressed as
fish, I became entranced with the idea of the mitre as
fish head. And YOU thought _YOUR_ idea was
unconvincing ;-))
MG
--- John Howe <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> At 07:56 AM 2/5/01 -0800, you wrote:
>
> >On a tangent, the origin of the mitre is allegedly
> the
> >Greek cap worn by champion athletes. I find this
> very
> >unconvincing and would like any other opinions on
> this
> >subject, should anyone care to offer one. --MG
>
> More fun is the contention that this was originally
> a horse head helmet,
> abstracted into the Phrygian bonnet, adopted at the
> Byzantine court as part
> of the general Roman assimilation of Persian
> ceremonial, and subsequently
> left to the courtly ecclesiastics who tend to be
> very conservative about
> their traditional costumes. ... and you thought
> your explanation sounded
> suspicious!
> --John
> Howe, Texas Tech
__________________________________________________
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
|