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Peasants would wear mantles comprised of small scraps of cloth sewn together. Meanwhile, nobility could afford mantles made from one single long piece of cloth. Kleiner, D.E.E. (1993) The Great Friezes of the Ara Pacis Augustae: Greek Sources, Roman Derivatives, and Augustan Social Policy. In E. D’Ambra (ed.), Roman Art in Context: An Anthology, 27–52. Englewood Cliffs, NJ, Prentice Hall.
Granger-Taylor, H. (1987) The Emperor’s Clothes: The Fold-Lines. Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 74.3, 114–123. This piece of tablet weaving was inspired by the fringed braid in tablet weave from St Cuthbert's maniple II, which forms part of the relics of St Cuthbert. The original was likely to have been made as a single piece, but I first wove a fringed band, then used a simple two-tablet linking band to sew it to the cloak because this allowed me to work the two new-to-me techniques separately. Billows, R. (1993) Religious Procession of the Ara Pacis Augustae: Augustus’ supplicatio in 13 B.C. Journal of Roman Studies 6, 80–92.Humility and sacrifice: In the New Testament, when Jesus washes His disciples’ feet, He lays aside His cloak as a symbol of humility and service. In Philippians 2:7, it says that Jesus “made Himself nothing, taking the very nature of a servant, being made in human likeness.” Authority and power: Judah’s story in Genesis 38 shows the cloak as a symbol of authority and power. When Tamar disguised herself in a veil and took Judah’s staff and cloak, she was claiming her rightful place in the family as a bearer of Judah’s offspring and authority. Horn Prouser, O. (1996) Suited to the Throne: The Symbolic Use of Clothing in the David and Saul Narratives. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 71, 27–37.
This part of the definition is probably due to a false etymology, possibly from reicio; see also Serv. ad Aen. 1.282. fimbriata esi vevitta taevestes. Juv. 2.124 reads: segmenta et longos habitus et flammeas umit (‘he’s wearing the bride’s segmenta, long dress, and veil’). Scholia: see Iahn (1851, 173–385); Wessner (1931). On segmenta, see Olson (2008, 30–31, with references). Cumming, V., Cunnington, C.W. and Cunnington, P.E. (eds) (2010) The Dictionary of Fashion History. London, Berg.
The symbolic meaning of the cloak in the Bible
Koeppel, G.M. (1985) Maximus vide turrex. The collegium pontificum on the Ara Paci Augustae. Archaeological News 14, 17–22.