Bible Encyclopedias
Mozetta
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
the technical term for a tippet worn by cardinals over a mantle, or short cloak, showing only a chain of a breast-cross. At Pisa in summer a red mozetta is worn over a rochet; at Catania the mozetta of black cloth is worn over the rochet; at Syracuse the mozetta is violet, as at Malta, where it is used with a rochet and cope; at Ratisbon it is of red silk.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Mozetta'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/mozetta.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.