Note 49 — CHAP. IX. Of the Beards of Priests.

See the cxxxii Psalm. Sicut unguentum in capite quod descendit in barbam, barbam Aaron. Tertullian, in his book de Pallio, has explained the expressions of this Psalm very favourably for the beard. See likewise Saint Ambrose, lib. de initiand. cap. 6. At the council of Basil, held in 1433, Henry Kalteisen made a long commentary on this subject. Sauveur, archbishop of ——, made a speech at the council of Trent, which ran almost wholly on Aaron’s beard.