The mitre
Archimandrite Nikifor’s Biblical Encyclopedia
(Ex. 39:28), or headbands (Ex. 28:40), formed, it appears, part only of the vestments of the high priest and the priests. The high priest’s mitre constituted a majestic headdress, made of fine linen and beautifully arranged in folds. On the front part of the mitre was the following significant inscription: Holiness to the LORD. Headbands, as may be seen from the Book of Isaiah (3:22), formed part of women’s clothing; but it remains uncertain to this day of what material the Hebrew headbands were made, or what the pattern was by which they were made, and the manner in which they were worn.
Eastern women to this day take particular pride in their turbans, or headwraps. In the opinion of some, the word used in the cited passage of the Book of the prophet Isaiah signifies a thin golden or silver disk forming a glittering ornament for the head. References to foreign, or Greek and Roman, headdresses occur rarely in Holy Scripture.