The Philippi Collection

March 06, 2011

Shash - Headgear of the Chaldean Catholic Clergy

The shash (شاش) is worn by the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church during the liturgy and during everday life together with the cassock.
Shash (شاش) means muslin, gauze.

The shash consits of two parts:

(1) a round cylindrical "tarboosh" (fez), clad in bright red if the patriarch has the rank of a cardinal and in burgandy (wine red) if he is the rank of a bishop.

and

(2) windings of the black gauze which is made in such a way that the 7 edges become lightly visible. At the top of the sash is fixed a bundle of black threads (6.5 cm long in total) and these are fixed at the back side behind the gauze.

The 7 edges are in remembrance of the 7 days of creation, the 7 sacraments, the 7 gifts of the Holy Ghost, the 7 petitions in the Lord's Prayer as well as the figure 7 seen in the Book of Revelation (cf. Rev. 4:5).

Mar Emmanuel III Delly, the Patriarch of Babylon of the Chaldeans and Primate of the Chaldean Catholic Church as he still was bishop wearing a Shash in burgandy and black

Mar Emmanuel III Delly's elevation to the College of Cardinals in the consistory at St. Peter's Basilica on 24th of November 2007 when he receives a Shash wrapped with red silk with moiré effect

Mar Emmanuel III Cardinal Delly wearing a red pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto)

March 02, 2011

2 Special Pileoli (Soli Dei, Zucchetti)

Red-purple pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto), made of 8 panels with a green pompon

worn according the decree of Lerida (1886) by the private Chaplain of the King of Spain

according:

Barbier de Montault, Xavier:
Le costume et les usages ecclésiastiques selon la tradition romaine, Band 1: Règles générales, le costume usuel, le costume de chœur, Letouzey et Ané, Paris, ca. 1900

page 225, footnote (1) (click on the picture to enlarge)

Founder of Hermandad de Sacerdotes Operarios Diocesanos

wearing a black pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto) with black pompon

Black pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto), made of 6 panels with a black pompon

worn in Spain

N.B.

For the Alloussi, the skullcap of the Maronite clergy, see:

The Headgear of the Maronite Clergy

February 25, 2011

Mao-Tzû or the Chinese "小瓜帽"

In Chinese the skullcap is normally called 瓜皮帽 - Guā Pí Mào
瓜 means melon
皮 means skin
帽 means cap

> Cap made of the skin of a (half) melon

"小瓜帽" - Mao-Tzû means cap for the priest

[Please remember that the Italian word "zucchetto" for pileolus (soli deo) comes from "zucchetta" which means baby gourd (to cover the big gourd/head).]

The Catholic missonary Josef Freinademetz wearing a black 小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû)

with a black twisted knot on the top.

Missonary Auguste Schüttgen wearing a black 小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû)

with a black twisted knot on the top and Elisabeth Bäumer of the Allianz-Mission

Black 小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a black twisted knot on the top

Black 小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a red-purple twisted knot on the top

Black 小瓜帽 (Mao-Tzû) with a red twisted knot on the top

February 24, 2011

Camauro Fully Lined with White Ermine Fur

Summer camauro in amaranth red silk, white camauro in silk-damask worn during the Octave of Easter and winter-camauro in red velvet. All of them have the brim ornameted with ermine fur.

Camauro, lined with white ermine fur and embroidered coat of arms of Pope Paul VI. inside

Coat of arms of Pope Paul VI.

February 23, 2011

Pileolus worn by the dignitaries of ICAB

wearing a red pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto)

Do anybody knows if the clergy of ICAB wear as well grey birettas (same color as their cassocks)?

Your comments are highly appreciated.

The founder, Bishop Dom Carlos Duarte Costa is pictured in a red biretta

Bispo de Brasilia da Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira e Patriarca Mundial das Igrejas Nacionais Católicas e Apostólicas

wearing a red pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto)

Bispo de Brasilia da Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira e Patriarca Mundial das Igrejas Nacionais Católicas e Apostólicas

wearing a biretta with 3 horns (blades, wings) made of silk with moiré effect

Bispo de Brasilia da Igreja Católica Apostólica Brasileira e Patriarca Mundial das Igrejas Nacionais Católicas e Apostólicas

wearing a white pileolus (soli deo, zucchetto) with 6 panels

February 22, 2011

Get your Summer Cappello Romano (Saturno) now!

Ask

Cappelleria Melegari S.a.s.

Via Paolo Sarpi, 19

20154 Milano

Phone: +39 02 312094

Fax: +39 02 317264

http://www.cappelleriamelegari.com/

to make you your "Cappello da prete Saturno" now.

Their hats, made of straw, are real "lightweight stars".
The hat only weights 58 grams (0.13 lbs/2.03 ounces)!
Consider to decorate your Saturno with a decent and soberly hat cord.

February 21, 2011

Tricorno cardinaliza con orlatura rossa

Tricorne hat of a cardinal

with a red application cord above the brim

Solenne Processione Vaticana del Corpus Domini Gregorio XVI

nelle Tavola di Salvatore Busuttil (1837 - 1839)

(Click on the picture to enlarge)

Cardinal Antonio Mateucci(1802 + 1866)

Msgr. Edoardo Borromeo

Canon Albini, a canon of the cathedral of Vigevano

Don Bernardino Lombardi

The Abate Lombardi was not Roman: note the smaller size of the three cornered hat (tricorno) in comparison to the huge Roman ones. The cords holding the brims in place are visible.