Ohfer vat ions &c. 291 



ment of the little God Telefphorus\ i. e. ftrait about the Neck, 

 with a Cape or Hippocrates?, Sleeve for a Cover to the Head, 

 and wide below like a Cloak. There are fome of Them \'±c.rhFa/jjion 

 wife which are fringed round the Bottom like that of Tarthe- 

 nafpds, and Trajan s, upon the Bajf/o Relievos of Confiantine'^s 

 Arch'. The Burnoofe, without the Cape, feems to anfvver to ,^7£'/;^^,f ' 

 the Roman Tallium \ and, with it, to the Bardocucidlus \ being £rdocucui-'^ 

 probably the fame with our Saviour's Cloak, which (^0/^.19. 2 g.) ^"'• 

 was wove without Seam from Top to Bottom ; and with the 

 Cloaths of the Ifraelites, (Ex. ii. 34.) wherein they folded up 

 their kneading Troughs, &c. as the Moors, ^rahs and Kahyles, 

 (for It is wore by them all) do, to this Day, Things of the like 

 Burthen and Incumbrance. 



If we except the Cape of the Burnoofe, which is only occa- severa! cum 

 fionally made ufe of during a Shower of Rain or in very coldw./" 

 Weather, feveral Arahs and Kahyles go bare-headed all the 

 Yearlong, z.s Mafaniffa 6idi of old % binding their Temples 

 only with a narrow Fillet, to prevent their Hair from he'mgTheh Temple 

 troublefome. As the antient 2)/Vjt^^;»^ ^ might originally {QVYQEult^'^''' 

 for this Purpofe, fo it appears from Bufts and Medals, (unlefs 

 when It is adorned with precious Stones, ) to have been no o- 

 ther Ornament. But the Moors and Turks in general, with 

 fome of the richer Clans oUArahs, wear, upon the Crowns of , 



" The Cahs •wove 



their Head, a fmall hemifpherical Cap of Scarlet Cloath, which ^y *''' ^^^""^'^ 

 is to be taken Notice of, as another chief Branch of their^'''Tia'r '" 

 Woollen Manufacture. The Turhant, which is a long narrow r/^Xmbant. 

 Web of Linnen, Silk or Muflin^ is folded round the Bottom of 

 thefe Caps, and diftinguifheth , according to the Order and 

 Fafhion of the Folds, the feveral Orders of Soldiers not only 

 from the Tradefmen and Citizens, but from one another. We 

 find the fame Dreiles and Ornaments for the Head upon antient 



I Vid. Veteres Arcus Auguftorum &c. antiquis nummis notifque Jo. Petri Bellori Hlu- 

 ftrati &c. Rom. Kjpo. Tab. 24. 28. 38. &c. a Pallium ['ifJMmy) quia palam gcftctur ; quod 

 palam fit & foris: fub eo enim Tunica fumebatur &c. Vid. Steph. Thef. Ling, Lat. 

 3 Penulas Gallicae genus, qua cucullum habet. Hinc Mrfm*/. 1. 14. 178. 



Gallia Santonico veftit te bardocucullo. 

 Vid. Raynaud, de Pil. 5- if- Ferrar. deReVeft. 2. 1. 21. 54/m. Exercir. PI. p.392. Vo/ti. 

 Lex. Etym. vel Lex. Pitifc. 4 Arbitror te audirc, Scipia, hofpes tuns avitiis Mufunrffa , 

 quse faciat hodie, nonaginta annos natus : cum ingreffus iter pedibus fit, in equuin omnino 

 non afcendere : cumequo, ex equonon defcendere: nullo frigore adduci, ut capite oporto 

 fit &c. Cic. de Senedtute. y Diadema erat Fafcia Candida, quae regum capliibus obliga- 

 batur. Cc/. 1. 24. cap. 6. 



Ddddx Medals, 



