Many thanks!
KW
"JJ.reardon" wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to the list, but I'm a pope freak. I'll quote from my book "The
> Church Visable" by James-Charles Noonan, Jr. c. 1996. It's a GREAT book for
> info on all kinds of church vestments, policies, etc.
>
> The Mitre
>
> The mitre is an early tenth-centruy addition to the Roman Catholic
> church..Its origins are much more ancient...now fairly certain that the
> mitre's origins can be traced to ancient Greece of the pre-Christian era.
> The mitre is most likely derived from the cap worn by athelets of ancient
> Greece, as church historians now hypothesize. Its Infulae, or ribbons of the
> mitre, actually predated the cap itself. These ribbons were worn around the
> foreheard, tied in the rear by a know, and left to dangle down the back,
> and, in the heat of summer, a soft cloth cap was placed under the bands to
> protect the competitors from the outdoor heat. The winners of the athletic
> compettions were presented a laurel wreath, which encircled the head. This
> wreath formed the earliest ornamentation of the mitre. This headgear quickly
> became identified as beign that of a champion. During the earliest
> centuries of the Christian era, no mentin is made of anything that resembles
> the present mitre. By the tenth century, the Bishop of Rome Pope Leao VIII
> is mentioned as making use of a mitros for occasional nonliturgical events.
> Soon after, it became part of the regalia of the papacy, the predecessor of
> the triregno (soon to develop) and the senior emblem of papal authority.
>
> By the middle of the eleventh centruy, the mitre became a gift for bishops
> of special distinction...
>
> There is more informaion on design and style, and a little more history.
> Actually, as I look through the book, there is QUITE a lot of information on
> mitres re: colors, modern practice, etc.
>
> Let me know, if you'd like I can scan in the whole 8 pages or so and send
> them to you.
>
> Wendy Reardon
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: kwildgen <[log in to unmask]>
> To: <[log in to unmask]>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:46 PM
> Subject: Mitre
>
> > (Please, Oriens, no more references to Serapion's moderately sized
> > mitre.)
> > I've had various responses to a question regarding the origins of the
> > shape and meaning of the mitre. To date I've heard/read:
> > the phrygium (isn't that the insignium of a freed slave adopted by the
> > Jacobins? the insignium, that is);
> > a cap with flaps in the back given to Greek athletes as a prize.
> > Any suggestions other than these two would be appreciated. Also any
> > hints as to why these two (or perhps they're the same thing) objects
> > would be particularly suited to liturgical use would be helpful.
> > Many thanks in advance,
> > Kathryn Wildgen
> >
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