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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 ____________________________________________________________________ Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1