Subject: | | Re: offices of the saints |
From: | | [log in to unmask][log in to unmask], 5 Feb 2001 17:39:47 +0100610_iso-8859-1 Dear Marjorie
Je pense que la mitre fut d'abord une coiffure venue d'Asie (Perse) avant d'être reprise par les grecs puis les femmes romaines. Voir aussi, dans la Bible, Exode, XXIX, 9. Mitra désigne donc à l'origine une coiffure en forme de bandeau (headband). Or, à l'origine la mitre épiscopale était souple, elle tenait donc grâce à un bandeau qui donne son nom à la coiffure : mitra. Ce n'est qu'au début du XIIIème siècle que la mitre prend sa forme actuelle, rigide : mitre bicorne (en rappel des 2 testaments, des cornes de Moïse ou de la tiare d'Aaron), [...]46_5Feb200117:39:[log in to unmask] |
Reply-To: | | Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture <[log in to unmask]> |
Date: | | Sat, 17 Feb 2001 18:06:01 +0000 |
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medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Esteemed list,
I am currently, and with some excitement, reading Andre Vauchez's
book, Sainthood in the Later Middle Ages, in which he mentions, in
passing, offices of martyrs, of confessors, and of virgins. Can
anyone enlighten me on whether there are other such collective
offices of the saints and when such offices would be used?
Many thanks in advance.
Jim Bugslag
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