short treatise on head wear, ancient and modern, A. (1885)
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n loaded witha profusion of symbolical decorations, composed of fea-thers, lotus leaves and other natural products. In religious processions it was common to wear masksthat covered the whole head and neck down to the shoul-ders. These represented the heads and busts of varioussacred animals, such… … that the Greek citizen of mature years never wore a head-covering, it being confined to youths, worlcmen and slaves.T\iQ. pileus was a closely-fitting woolen skull-cap, which wassometimes worn as a lining to the helmet. It was adoptedby the Romans at their public games and festivals by thosewho had…
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