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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), frontale et fendue, prolongée de 2 fanons
qui tombent sr les épaules. A noter que pendant longtemps, la tiare
pontificale est appelée mitra papalis.
Damien Boquet
Marjorie Greene a écrit :
Abbots today wear smaller and less elaborate mitres
than bishops, but wear them they do. However I don't
know when this began.
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.
Best to all,
MG
--- Christopher Crockett <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Marjorie Greene <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> >I pointed out that, to my knowledge, abbots carried
> croziers and wore mitres,
> and were frequently depicted thus attired.
>
>
> sorry, i missed the part about abbots wearing mitres
> (or any other sort
> of headgear, beyond their tonsures or/and the
> occasional cowl.
>
> croziers, yes, but mitres?
>
> maybe i misunderstand the meaning of the word
> --funny sort of double pointed
> hat, is it not? worn by bishops --exclusively,
> n-est-pas?-- including the
> bishop of Rome. but not abbots generally, unless
> the
> fellow also happened to be a bishop...
>
> best from here,
>
> christopher
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