From an all-biretta blog titled Domus Birettarum.
About the biretta in the picture, blogger Admin says:
...a Spanish Biretta with a tree in the middle of it. This is for a Spanish Philosophy Degree, apparently, thus explaining the need for a large brush on the top and a cascading fringe effect. And why not, we ask ourselves?
Not only do the bloggers blog about birettas, they create made-to-order birettas.
We hope you enjoy the content of this Blog. It is an endeavour of love and for entertainment rather than a deeply serious endeavour. We are merely enthusiasts and creators of clerical headgear, usually the more outlandish and unusual the better.
We also aim to provide our efforts gratis for those who genuinely cannot afford them, at home or abroad. For those who can afford to pay, we can produce bespoke birettas for the price of materials and a suggested (but optional) amount to keep us going.
How kind of them! I wonder if the bloggers create birettas for les femmes d'un certain âge.
". . .birettas for les femmes d'un certain âge".
ReplyDeleteEh, you talkin' 'bout moi?
Elizabeth, not at all. What's to keep moi from wearing a biretta? Is there a law?
ReplyDeleteI think it's from a seminary performance of "Anna & the King of Siam". Shall We Dance?
ReplyDeleteHow about a biretta in the exclusive Ratfinger Tartan?
ReplyDelete"I wonder if the bloggers create birettas for les femmes d'un certain âge."
ReplyDeleteAnd why not? ;-)
Lapin, indeed. Very like the king's headgear.
ReplyDeleteAnd the tartan!
JCF, And why not? Thank you.
If you go full doctorate do they decorate the tree? Lights? Mirrored disco ball?
ReplyDeleteIt's the biretta-and-matching-bed-jacket that does it for me: we mustn't let poor diddams catch a chill, now must we?
ReplyDeleteDear Lapinbizarre,
ReplyDeletePlease see our blog on Tuesday in Holy Week. You may well find what you are looking for, with a little speculation about where it might be worn...
Best wishes,
Team DB
Grandmere you owe me a bottle of Windex for my monitor. Tassels and Christmas trees on someone's head cause serious coffee spew. Thanks for discovering DB. I can't wait for next Tuesday's edition!
ReplyDeleteMark, don't forget the tinsel.
ReplyDeleteLaura, I believe the proper term for the bed-jacket is mozzetta. See this website for descriptions and pictures of various liturgical vestments.
DB, I can't speak for Lapin, but I wait for Tuesday with bated breath.
Bex, you read Wounded Bird at your own risk to yourself and your equipment and supplies. I can't be responsible.
Camo birettas? To go with the camo Easter eggs I saw at the dollar store.
ReplyDeleteI love a biretta. Who knew they came in so many colors?
ReplyDeleteAnn, you may be the first to think of a camo biretta, the perfect item for clergy who like to wear the biretta to hunt.
ReplyDeleteThe blog is great fun. I love this gorgeous vermillion silk biretta.