Tiara Pope Benedict XVI

Thank you very much Holy Father to allow me to present to you the Tiara during the audience on 25h May 2011!

24th May 2011, the day before

Poll: Father Z. -  What Does the Prayer Really say? 9th June 2011

Thank you as well to everbody who supported me, especially Ms Milka Botcheva, an expert in Orthodox vestments and Mr John Sonnen who all the time encouraged me to go on with my plans. Now after two years of hard work I reached my goal.

Thanks to everybody who wrote me an email with all these nice compliments and appreciations for my work which reached me during the last days. I highy appreciate all your approval.

Thank you for all coverage and reporting, too.

Film:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lq7lzrAnpUA

English:
http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/germans-present-pope-benedict-with-his-own-papal-crown/

http://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html

http://orbiscatholicussecundus.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-papal-tiara.html

http://gloria.tv/?media=160880
(Film starts at 1:58)

http://www.newliturgicalmovement.org/2011/05/papal-tiara-commissioned-and-gifted-to.html

http://wdtprs.com/blog/2011/05/true-ecumenical-gesture-catholics-orthodox-together-give-pope-new-papal-tiara/

http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=2210218503&v=wall

http://caritasveritas.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-offered-tiara-by-german-visitors.html

http://marymagdalen.blogspot.com/2011/05/wont-wear-wont-care.html

http://theratzingerforum.yuku.com/sreply/63294/Papal-clothing-and-liturgical-practices

http://www.overheardinthesacristy.net/?p=11331

http://missatridentinaemportugal.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html

http://www.tldm.org/News15/GermansPresentPopeBenedictWithHisOwnPapalCrown.htm

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=113537

http://www.ewtnnews.org/catholic-news/Vatican.php?id=3270

http://catholicforum.fisheaters.com/index.php/topic,3439899.0.html

http://thepinoycatholic.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-of-benedict-xvi.html

http://forums.catholic.com/showthread.php?t=565049

http://ad-orientem.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-benedict-xvi-receives-new-tiara.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/triregnum-of-unity.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/coronam-auream-super-caput.html

http://te-igitur.blogspot.com/2011/05/holy-father-receives-new-papal-tiara.html

http://www.byzcath.org/forums/ubbthreads.php/topics/364783/1

http://catholicism.org/germans-present-pope-benedict-with-tiara.html

http://omniapost.blogspot.com/2011/05/very-interesting.html

http://onceiwasacleverboy.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-papal-tiara.html

http://madmonarchist.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-tiara-for-pope.html

http://rorate-caeli.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-offered-papal-tiara-in-todays.html

http://eponymousflower.blogspot.com/2011/05/orthodox-and-catholics-present-pope.html

http://liturgicalpimpernel.blogspot.com/2011/05/ecumenical-gift.html

http://www.catholicanada.com/catholic-culture/architecture-art-music/8138-holy-father-receives-new-papal-tiara.html

http://saintbedestudio.blogspot.com/2011/05/triple-tiara-of-pope-benedict-xvi.html

http://veritasvocare.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-of-benedict-xvi.html

http://teaattrianon.blogspot.com/2011/05/new-tiara.html

http://www.dioceseoftulsa.org/article.asp?nID=2884

http://paper.standartnews.com/en/article.php?d=2011-06-02&article=36441

German:
http://www.katholisches.info/2011/05/26/eine-tiara-fur-papst-benedikt-xvi-%E2%80%93-geschenk-von-katholiken-und-orthodoxen/

http://blog.derherralipius.com/2011/05/tiara-alarm.html

http://chrysostomos.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara.html

http://www.summorum-pontificum.de/

http://gloria.tv/?media=160772
(starts at 1:05 min)

http://www.saarbruecker-zeitung.de/aufmacher/saarlaender/Kirkel-Saarbruecken-Rom-Papst-Tiara;art222518,3784833

http://benedicitedeus.blogspot.com/2011/06/aus-aktuellem-anlass-die-tiara.html

Italian:
http://blog.messainlatino.it/2011/05/regalata-una-bella-tiara-regala-al-papa.html

http://www.lastampa.it/_web/CMSTP/tmplrubriche/giornalisti/grubrica.asp?ID_blog=196&ID_articolo=1335&ID_sezione=396&sezione=

http://blogliturgico.blogspot.com/2011/05/una-tiara-per-benedetto-xvi.html

http://liturgia-opus-trinitatis.over-blog.it/article-e-solo-un-regalo-74692080-comments.html#anchorComment

http://sacrissolemniis.blogspot.com/2011/05/un-triregno-per-papa-benedetto-in-nome.html

http://caorleduomo.blogspot.com/2011/05/corona-aurea-super-caput-eius.html

Portuguese:
http://oblatvs.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-de-bento-xvi.html

http://ars-the.blogspot.com/2011/05/bento-xvi-ganha-uma-tiara-triregnum-em.html

https://catholicatraditio.wordpress.com/2011/05/28/a-tiara-papal-triregnum/

http://pauperservus.blogspot.com/2011/05/bento-xvi-ganha-uma-tiara-triregnum-em.html

http://summuspontifex.blogspot.com/2011/05/pontificis-triregnum-ii.html

http://adjutoriumnostruminnominedomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/pope-receives-tiara-from-catholics-and.html


French:
http://www.leforumcatholique.org/message.php?num=596583

http://www.schola-sainte-cecile.com/2011/05/25/le-pape-recoit-une-tiare-de-la-part-de-catholiques-dorthodoxes/

Lithuanian:
http://dievogarba.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/popiezius-gavo-dovanu-tiara/

Spanish:

http://pagina-catolica.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-puente-ecumenico.html?spref=fb

http://secretummeummihi.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-de-benedicto-xvi-muchos-casi.html

http://hocsigno.wordpress.com/2011/05/25/el-papa-recibe-una-tiara-pontificia/

http://saeculorumvalue.blogspot.com/2011/05/la-tiara-de-benedicto.html

http://cxrlomxgno.blogspot.com/2011/05/tiara-papal-de-ss-benedicto-xvi.html

Bosnian:

http://splendordomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/nova-tijara.html

Polish:
http://www.bibula.com/?p=38494

http://sanctus.pl/index.php?module=aktualnosci&grupa=11&podgrupa=&strona=1&id=2008&kategoria=3

http://www.krzyzsercajezusowego.bnx.pl/news.php?readmore=673

http://przedsoborowy.blogspot.com/2011/05/ojciec-swiety-otrzyma-tiare.html

Bulgarian:
http://pravda.bg/български-майстори-изработиха-тиара/

http://paper.standartnews.com/bg/article.php?d=2011-06-02&article=369490

Croatian:
http://bogoslovija-ri.hr/dogadanja/item/592-tijara-kao-simbol-ekumenizma

http://www.ktabkbih.net/info.asp?id=29095

http://www.molitve.info/index.php/201105276264/NJEMAEKI-KATOLICI-DAROVALI-PAPI-BENEDIKTU-XVI.-PAPINSKU-TIJARU.html

Nijemci darovali papi Benediktu XVI. papinsku tijaru - 26.05.2011

http://splendordomini.blogspot.com/2011/05/nova-tijara.html

Russian:
http://www.sedmitza.ru/news/2213567.html

http://terramariana.org/archives/14951

Vietnamese:
http://vietcatholic.com/News/Html/90231.htm

Hungarian:
http://www.papa.hr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1243:nijemci-darovali-papi-benediktu-xvi-papinsku-tijaru&catid=2:vijesti&Itemid=260

Greek:
http://aktines.blogspot.com/2011/06/blog-post_5963.html

http://acvila30.wordpress.com/2011/06/05/βούλγαροι-ορθόδοξοι-και-ρωμαιοκαθολ/

The White Papal Mitre

This kind of mitre is (strictly speaking)  only worn by the Pope when he died.

The body of Pope John Paul II lying in state wearing a white mitre made of Lame fabric (white silk with silver threads) and a gold embroidered band. The lining is iviory silk.

The body of Pope John Paul I lying in state.

Picture of the white papal mitre

From "Ettore Bianchi: Dizionario Internazionale dei Tessuti "

(Editore: Tessile di Como, 11/1999, 624 pages):

Lama (it. fr.)

lamato, laminato, tutta lama — it.

lamè — fr.

tissu de soie tout lame — fr.

llama — in. sp.

silk stoff shot with gold and silver — in.

ganzreicher Stoff — ted.

Lama — ted.

tejido de seda brocado totalmente — sp.

1.

Tessuto rigido e brillante, generalmente di seta e cordonato, con una trama di seta alternata a una laminetta di oro fino o di argento fino, qualche tipo di lama era anche fatto con lama e filo oro o argento.

Da lama = laminato.

2.

Tessuto, simile alla flanella, ottenuto con lana di lama con armatura o batavia o liscia o a spina o operata, accotonata al diritto e poco cimata. L'animale che fornisce questo pelo è un camelide (lama glama) dalle proporzioni di un cervo, con pelame soffice, lungo e lanoso, che vive dalle Ande cilene sino alla Terra del Fuoco in un habitat naturale sopra i 4000 m. Questo pelo può essere di quattro colori: bianco, marrone bruciato, grigio e nero. All'esterno il pelo è folto e ordinario, mentre il sottopelo è lucido e con grandi proprietà termiche. Il suo peso standard oscilla tra 300 e 450 g/mq. Si usa questa stoffa specialmente per confezionare giacche. Il tessuto è leggero, brillante, ma non morbidissimo. In genere vengono filate le fibre dei lama giovani entro il primo anno di vita.

Dal quetchua llama passato tale quale nello spagnolo e quindi nell'inglese.

3.

Tessuto operato broccato in cui la trama è - in tutto o in gran parte - di oro fino o argento fino.

© picture

Pope Benedict XVI during Good Friday 2011

The Original Biretta was not Collapsible!

"La barett romaine ne se plie pas et reste constamment ouverte: rien n'est disgracieux, en effet, comme cette coiffure, si l'on s'avise de la plier en quatre et de l'aplatir, suivant le système français."
(To enlarge, click on the picture)

After Xavier Barbier de Montault  the "real" or original Roman biretta is not foldable/collapsible!

[Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine, Volume 1: Règles générales, le costume usuel, le costume de chœur, Letouzey et Ané, Paris, ca. 1900, page 229, last paragraph]

Why?

To visualize have a look at the following sketch:

A collapsibel/foldable biretta is not comfortable to wear and doesn't looks elegant.

1. You have open triangles over the ears, the forehead and the occipital.

2. You have pressure sores on 4 sides.

3. If the biretta is made of uncoated cardboard inside, it is very susceptible to rain.

4. "Putting a round peg in a square hole
Sounds easier than it actually is, in Biretta terms, but it does allow us to embrace a new word which is always a source of much rejoicing (apart from for Mother Prioress, who remembers Dr Johnson’s very first dictionary being published), and that word is: ‘dolichocephalic.’ It literally means long or oval-headedness , and is a highly important consideration when trying to fit a square box onto a circular, prolate or oval-shaped head. ..." Domus Birettarum, 29th of March 2011

Oval shape, like the human skull 

Inside with a hat-sweatband to improve comfort when worn.



Perfect fit!



High-quality workmanship of a genuine Roman biretta

Custom-made by a professional milliner

Get such a biretta made for your cardinal or bishop!
He will like it for sure! And never wear a collapsible one.
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Non collapsible Toque Avocat worn by Frensh lawyers

made by Ponsard & Dumas, Lyon, France