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| Chapter III. Of the Hoods of the Egyptians.
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Chapter III.
Of the Hoods of the Egyptians.
There are some things
besides in the dress of the Egyptians which concern not the care of the
body so much as the regulation of the character, that the observance of
simplicity and innocence may be preserved by the very character of the
clothing. For they constantly use both by day and by night very small
hoods coming down to the end of the neck and shoulders, which only
cover the head, in order that they may constantly be moved to preserve
the simplicity and innocence of little children by imitating their
actual dress.646
| 646 The hood, or cowl
(cuculla), was anciently worn by children and peasants, and thus
was said to symbolize humility. Compare the account of the Egyptian
monks given by Sozomen, Hist. III. xiv.: “They wore a
covering on their heads called a cowl to show that they ought to live
with the same innocence and purity as infants who are nourished with
milk and wear a covering of the same form.” | And
these men have returned to
childhood in Christ and sing at all hours with heart and soul:
“Lord, my heart is not exalted nor are mine eyes lofty. Neither
have I walked in great matters nor in wonderful things above me. If I
was not humbly minded, but exalted my soul: as a child that is weaned
is towards his mother.”647
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