Friday, July 18, 2008

Dressing the Pope



St Bede's Studio were asked to design a set of vestments for the Pope.

In preparing the design, certain considerations were paramount. Firstly, that the vestments be beautiful and dignified, as is fitting for vestments used by His Holiness. Secondly, that the vestments be convenient for the use of His Holiness. Lastly, that the vestments be visually related to Roman traditions for ornamenting sacred vestments.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

That's not the Pope, it's an imposter! Call security!

Anonymous said...

I hope that after those three points they manage to upgrade His Holliness to a white zuchetto...

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