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

Pileolus of the Bishop of Tortosa, S.E. Javier Salinas Viñals

© pictures: Ceremonia y Rúbrica de la Iglesia Española

 S.E. Javier Salinas Viñals, Bishop of Tortosa, Spain, is entiteld to waer a red pileolus (zucchetto, soli deo).

Emma - عمة in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

© picture: Wilhelm Tacke

© picture: Wilhelm Tacke

Timkat in the Ethiopian Orthodox Church

Black and white emmas.

Mitre Worn by Bishops of the Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

George Cardinal Alencherry

Major archbishop of Syro-Malabar Catholic Church

and the archbishop of Ernakulam-Angamali

Mitre with dove (representing the Holy Ghost)

and on the top of the mitre:

Kurishu or Nasrani Menorah cross of the Knanaya

or St. Thomas Cross

Berretta da Camera, also called "Papalina"

On 19th August 2012 I published the article:

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

Here some pictures of Msgr. Angelo Amodeo, Canon of the Milan Cathedral with a Berretta da Camera (house biretta), also sometimes called "Papalina"

© Orbis Catholicus 21st September 2012

Msgr. Angelo Amodeo, Canon of the Milan Cathedral

Many thanks to Mr Sonnen for publishing theses wonderful pictures.

Monsignor Professor J. P. Kirsch, director of the papal institut for christian archeology with students, weraing a beretta da camera

Oreste Coppini Firenze 1871-?

Uomo con papalina

Olio su tela, 50 x 40.2 CM

Ritratto d'uomo con papalina
Portrait of a Man with a Skull Cap
Anno: 1887
65.5 x 54.5 CM
Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam

Headgear of Schwarzenberg

© picture: from an article of Der Herr Alipius

Vestments of Friedrich Johann Joseph Cölestin Fürst zu Schwarzenberg (* 6th April 1809 in Vienna; † 27th March 1885 Vienna), Cardinal and Archbishop of Salzburg (1835-1849) and Praha (1849-1885)

The very high red biretta in the show case in front of the table and the tricorne cardinal's hat on the table.