Antiquities of the Jews 3.179

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Literature: prose
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Antiquities of the Jews 3.179
Quotation
καὶ τοιοῦτος μὲν ὁ τοῦ ἀρχιερέως κόσμος ἐστί.
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Type of Thing Ornamented
Object/ Person Ornamented
The high priest
Type of Medium Ornamenting
Visual Work: Material: Precious Stones
Visual Work: Material: Precious Metals: Gold
Visual Work: Clothing: Insignia: Religious
Visual Work: Textile
Visual Work: Embroidery
Military: Arms and Armour
Medium/a Ornamenting
A mitre embroidered in blue and gold
Twelve precious stones, set in gold. Sardonyx, topaz, emerald, carbuncle, jasper, sapphire, ligure, amethyst, agate, chrysolite, onyx, beryl. On each stone the names of the sons of Jacob were engraved.
Various elaborate priestly garments - a fast-tied girdle of fine-twined linen; a linen vestment of flax, with a girdle, but loosely woven, and embroidered with scarlet, purple, and blue flowers; a belt; a cap made of thick linen; and a long robe tied with a girdle, also embroidered with scarlet, purple, blue flowers, and with gold as well, lined with deep red fringes alternating with small golden bells. Also a breastplate
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A00870
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