Tassel
Tassel
In mediaeval times the sacred vestments of the ministers of the Church were adorned with tassels, to which, in the case of dalmatics and tunics, balls of crystal were attached. The word also denotes a thin plate of gold or silver worn on the back of the cope and episcopal gloves.
Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
Tassel
TASSEL.See Fringes.
Fuente: Hastings’ Dictionary of the Bible
Tassel
tas’l (, ccith): This word occurs only in Num 15:38 (Revised Version margin), which reads tassels in the corners for fringes in the borders of their garments (the King James Version).
It is probable that the dress of the Palestinian peasant has undergone little change in the centuries since the occupation of the land by the Hebrews. His outer garment, worn for protection against cold and rain, is the simlah of Exo 22:26, now known as ‘abayah by the Arabs. It is a square cloak, with unsewn spaces for armholes, and is composed of either three or four widths of woven stuff. The outer strips of the stuff, folded back and sewn at the upper edges, form shoulder-straps. It was to such a garment as this that the injunctions of Num 15:37-41 and of Deu 22:12 applied. See FRINGES.