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.
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:
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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ReplyDeletefor you the word innovation necessariliy implies somethong wrong? how sad...
Let's consult:
ReplyDeleteJosph 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.
Anon2: yes.
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