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.
1. a ceremonial staff carried by a bishop or an abbot, hooked at one end like a shepherd's crook. See illus. at cope 2. 2. the coiled tip of a plant part, as a fern frond. [1350â1400; short for crosier-staff; Middle English crocer crossier).iter, mitre, crosier-The tall, pointy hat of a bishop or abbot is the miter/mitreâfrom Greek mitra, headdress; a crosier is a bishop's staff.