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Alas, I no longer have access to the books to answer about the Greek. But a long-standing tradition is also that bishops' mitres had their bases in Moses' horns. I think this is in Ruth Melinkoff. Early illustrations show Moses and bishops with Viking horned hats even. Then the bishops' hats/mitres swiveled. You will see, especially in Lucca, Renaissance paintings of High Priests in magnificent horned turbans. It is interesting, too, that the Popes' triple tiara, no longer worn since John XXIII's day, came from Aaron's high priestly turban. This in line with the perception of St John Lateran as the Pope's Basilica and as the new Jerusalem Temple, complete, once, with the loot from the Jerusalem Temple, given it by Constantine from the Palatine, of ark and manna and Aaron's rod. ____ Julia Bolton Holloway, [log in to unmask] Hermit of the Holy Family via del Partigiano 16, Montebeni, 50014 FIESOLE, ITALY http://members.aol.com/juliansite/Juliansite.htm He said not, 'Thou shalt not be tempested, thou shalt not be travailed, thou shalt not be diseased.' But he said, 'Thou shalt not be overcome'. Julian of Norwich %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%