Friday, November 6, 2009

Gorgeous Antique Vestments Seen in Rome (from the late XVII to the early XVIII centuries)


"It's always very dangerous to change religious language.  Continuity here is of great importance."

-J. Card. Ratzinger

9 comments:

  1. Wonderful nuances of colour.

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  2. Please confirm:
    Those are blue vestments correct?

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  3. This set is white.

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  4. This set is purple

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  5. White dalmatic, white tunicle and white chasuble.

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  6. The vestment material is superb, but I have never found the cut of this particular style of Roman chasubles to be beautiful- from front or back.
    Ugly is the only word I can find to describe them. Sorry JP.

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  7. Do you undestand my previous comment?

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  8. My favorite vestment style has always been the Roman style.
    God bless

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