“[A] double-pointed headdress, with two lappets hanging at the back. It has been used by bishops since the twelfth century and may also be worn by an abbot in his own monastic family. The ornate miter may be adorned with embroidery or gems and made of cloth of gold or silver. The simple miter is of plain white fabric. Servers who carry the miter cover their hands with a shawl, the vimpa, which functions like gloves” (Elliott, 142). The peaks (cornua) may represent the Old and New Testements, the toungues of fire on the apostles, preaching the word of God, and sheperding the people of God. The lappets (infulae) may also represent the Old and New Testements or the spirit and letter of the law. The eastern version looks similar to a crown.