tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940141153881659950.post2403888941926667262..comments2024-03-27T08:23:55.086+01:00Comments on The Philippi Collection: Hats worn by Franciscans at the Spanish Missions in CaliforniaDieter Philippihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09699795547599829025noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-940141153881659950.post-86104622441744644342012-06-22T04:25:12.417+02:002012-06-22T04:25:12.417+02:00Is it possible that the hat you saw in Santa Barba...Is it possible that the hat you saw in Santa Barbara was originally brown and not black? The Franciscans gradually moved from undyed wool to brown starting in the 16th century. It was only in 1975 that the Chestnut brown color was mandated.<br /><br />The tassels on the hats for the Franciscans are unusual because they typically eschew any type of ornamentation. I will have to go look at the hat in the museum at San Luis Rey again, but I remember the tassels as being rather ornate.<br /><br />You mention the tassels indicate the wearer as a Catholic priest, would this then differentiate the friar-priests from the non-ordained friar-brothers? In their current garb they are indistinguishable.<br /><br />https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/cgi-bin/webadmin?A2=ind0302&L=medieval-religion&D=0&P=123732Stephen Cerrutihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07829281841909667268noreply@blogger.com