tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post3492580028079986048..comments2024-03-27T00:37:16.355-07:00Comments on Orbis Catholicus Secundus: What a Roman Style Biretta Looks LikeJohn Paul Sonnenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17248427382830782035noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-53983649245946275122010-05-23T12:52:27.900-07:002010-05-23T12:52:27.900-07:00Large stock in many sizes held by Barniconi in Rom...Large stock in many sizes held by Barniconi in RomeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-49575376612705563212010-02-22T01:52:50.580-08:002010-02-22T01:52:50.580-08:00Wippells birettas are, I fear to say, distinctly n...Wippells birettas are, I fear to say, distinctly non-Roman in shape !<br /><br />The one in the photo is also, sadly, rather higher in the centre than was really traditional in Rome.<br /><br />However; the answer to where to get one is to do as Seminarists had to do in olden days when they first arrived at the Seminary : make your own ! (Takes about two hours, and costs peanuts.)Dominic Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14514722976964423091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-8167801680503654042010-02-20T15:13:10.387-08:002010-02-20T15:13:10.387-08:00Interesting that being a Roman biretta, one cannot...Interesting that being a Roman biretta, one cannot find them "in stock" in Rome. As the person said above, you have to go to Gammarelli and have them make you one. I have one on the way.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-88327347507549361422010-02-20T05:44:08.512-08:002010-02-20T05:44:08.512-08:00Wippells in England make beautiful birettasWippells in England make beautiful birettasAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-33401662743973267372010-02-19T14:41:34.564-08:002010-02-19T14:41:34.564-08:00Just to to Gammarelli and they can make whatever y...Just to to Gammarelli and they can make whatever you want.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-57328819220577266532010-02-19T12:49:25.327-08:002010-02-19T12:49:25.327-08:00where does one get a nice roman, non-folding biret...where does one get a nice roman, non-folding biretta?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3181589320170374720.post-5171809513518300942010-02-19T07:53:16.555-08:002010-02-19T07:53:16.555-08:00and yet the decrees, papal documents, etc. regulat...and yet the decrees, papal documents, etc. regulate explicitly the color of the pompom. no bishop would use a biretta without it. careful with vestimentary revisionism.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com