Vivaldi lived from 1677 approximately, to 1741, so he lived in the last part of the 17th century, and into the 18th Century.
The mitre (British English) (/ËmaÉªtÉr/; Greek: Î¼Î¯ÏÏÎ±, headband or turban) or miter (American English; see spelling differences), is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial head-dress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.
bier. 1. a frame or stand on which a corpse or the coffin containing it is laid before burial. 2. such a stand together with the corpse or coffin.[before 900; Middle English bere, Old English bÄr, bÇ£r(e) ].ier. n. 1. a platform or stand on which a corpse or a coffin containing a corpse rests before burial. [Old English bÇ£r; related to beran to bear 1, Old High German bÄra bier, Sanskrit bhÄra bhÄrÃ¡ a]. burden