Bible Encyclopedias
Bortum
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
is a kind of clerical dress; if of gold, it was called aurifrigium ("clamydes geminis aurifrigiis, quse vulgariter bortum dicuntur" — Mart. Thesaur. Anecd. 4 538).
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Bortum'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/b/bortum.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.