Biretta of TWUDCF Bishop

Bishop T. Anthony Bronner of

TWUDCF - Turning the World Upside Down Covenant Fellowship

wearing a red purple biretta made out of damask with woven crosses, 3 blades (wings, horns) and a yellow pompon

See as well:

Bonete and Biretta in Special Color Combinations

Here with a golden biretta, 3 blades (wings, horns) and a golden pompon

See as well:

Biretta Specialties

Brocade biretta

Bishop T. Anthony Bronner wearing a black Spansih bonete

with red-purple piping (application cord) and red-purple pompon

Hats from Industrias Sombrereras Españolas

In August 2012 I published an article about

Industrias Sombrereras Españolas

Here some pictures of Jewish hats worn in Brooklyn
and a saturno (cappello romano)

made by Industrias Sombrereras Españolas

In this context, I recommend to read the article

The Hats of Borough Park

written by

Werner Cohn
Professor Emeritus of Sociology, University of British Columbia

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Barett of the Kirchenschweizer II

In April 2011 I published an article about

The Barett of the Kirchenschweizer

Here 2 nice pictures:

A French bedel (bedau, verger, mazzieri, master of ceremonies)

in front of the church

wearing a biretta similar to the cantor biretta shown in the article

Cantor Hats worn by Jewish Gabbais and Hazzanim

A French bedel (bedau, verger, mazzieri, master of ceremonies)

Early XIX century

wearing the ancient French biretta of doctor of theology at Sorbonne University

House Biretta

© picture: Ville de Pioussay

Pierre Granier, curé de Pioussay de 1860 à 1899

with a house biretta (beretta da camera, papalina)

Portuguese Francisco Rodrigues da Cruz (1859-1948)

with house biretta

See as well:

Berretta da Camera, also called "Papalina"

Cardenal Vidal y Barraquer with Skufia (σκούφια) or "bonete circular"?

(click to enlarge or open JPG in new window)
Engelsing, Tobias: Chapeau! Berühmte Kopfbedeckungen 1700 - 2000,
Rosengartenmuseum Konstanz, 2011, ISBN 978-3-929768-29-9, page 19
Hausmütze (house bonnet) worn by Eduard Mörike

Aristide Cavaillé-Coll with house biretta

Boat Hat

A very nice boat hat (Chapéu de Raia, Canoa)

worn by the Spanish and Portuguese clergy in the 18th and 19th century

This wonderful boat hat was made by Mr Sergio Anzani of Cappelleria Melegari, Milan

See as well:

Chapéu de Raia worn by Antonio Maria Claret

Interview

A nice intervirew about the collection on

Das Birett oder der Saturno sind kaum noch zu sehen

Academic Biretta

© picture: Que

Lluís Cardinal Martínez Sistach, archbishop of Barcelona, during the confering of the honorary doctor's degree of the Pontifical Faculty of Theology of the University of Warsaw.

Academic biretta made out of burgandy velvet

See as well:

The Polish Academic Biret and the Biret of the Dean

Boat Hat and Tricorne

2 French padres

Boat hat and tricorne

The left hat is similar to the sombrero eclesiástico con alas levantadas y cordones

Pay attention to the hat cord handing down.

Kolpak

Some more pictures of kolpaks

Kolpak made out of purple silk with moiré-effect

Kolpak made out of old-paonazzo silk

Kolpak made out of scarlet red silk with moiré-effect

Lubomyr Cardinal Husar

wearing a scarlet red Kolpak

© picture: Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada (UOCC)

Priest of the UOCC wearing a blue purple Kolpak

Mudi Thoppi

Mudi Thoppi - aqSnsXmhhn of the new Cardinal

His Beatitude Isaac Cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal

of the Syro-Malankara Catholic Church

His Beatitude Isaac Cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal

during the consistory on 24th November 2012

Mudi Thoppi in Malayalam language is:

Coat of Arms of His Beatitude Isaac Cardinal Cleemis Thottunkal

St. Thomas Christians

Jewish Rabbi with Skullcap

I bought in an antiquarian bookshop the following book:

Rubens, Alfred: Jewish Costume

Weinfeld and Nicholson, London 1973

ISBN 0-297-76393-0

Very nice book with over 250 plates.

I can recommend it.

Jewish rabbi wears a skullcap with pompon

Same style like the Spanish pileolus