Monday, March 19, 2007

The "stylin" surplice...


Yes, Italians know fashion design and such an interesting surplice I had never seen in all my days. Although we romani all prefer the cotta griccia, this one might deserve a close second.

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4 comments:

Argent said...

Is there a practical purpose to the ruched sleeves? Are the gathers sewn in or is there a drawstring that you pull?

12:51 PM
Anonymous said...

Wonderful! Can you put other pictures of ambrosian surplices, of beautiful italian cottas and albs? Many friends told me that the personal secretary of the bishop had a very beautiful surplice!

9:10 AM
John Paul Sonnen said...

with the surplice, it's just style and a little something new with that look. no drawstring, just sewn that way likely by some italian nuns in the north back in the day.

i'll see if i have any more photos of the linens. the canon didn't have a secretary, but came with some friends from milan.

6:14 AM
Anonymous said...

The cotta pictued here isn't ambrosian, though. It's venetian!
The typical ambrosian surplice is the one the MC wears in Mass pictures.

2:07 PM

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