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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, If you read the description of the building of the Tabernacle in the Old Testament, I believe there were horns on the corner of the Holy of Holies, which the KJV calls the oracle. It's interesting because horned animals and animal horns play a big role in Sumerian art. I think the horns were orignally symbols of male virility. pat sloane pat sloane %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%