Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Roman Biretta

Here can be seen the biretta in stile Romano.

The pom-pom, a French innovation, not seen here.

4 comments:

  1. Innovation implies that the pom is somehow wrong. Yet a Roman bishop and Monsignor both wear a tufted biretta. These are 19th- or early 20th-century introductions, I think, but show that the tufted biretta is not out of place in Rome and has been appropriated there.

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  2. "Innovation implies that the pom is somehow wrong"

    for you the word innovation necessariliy implies somethong wrong? how sad...

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  3. Let's consult:

    Josph Braun: Die Liturgische Gewandung im Occident und Orient – nach Ursprung und Entwicklung, Verwendung und Symbolik, Herdersche Verlagshandlung, Freiburg, 1904

    where you can read about the history of the biretta:

    Have a look at the following drawing.

    It seems that the pompon was added after the 17th century.

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