Googling for more on the pileus quadratus, I found this gallery of religious headcoverings (in German), which I thought might interest you. (Second page here.)
Posted by Tim May at July 26, 2008 05:52 PMGood lord, what a collection—many thanks! I was thinking "what's that zucchetto doing in a saucepan?" until I realized it was just a specialized hatbox. And I was quite startled when I scrolled down and hit a string of homburgs after all that priestwear.
Posted by language hat at July 26, 2008 08:00 PMAnd the second page is even wilder!
Posted by language hat at July 26, 2008 08:06 PMI have been blogging our summer research trip to Europe, and found a wonderful advertisement for academic headcoverings on the wall at the University of Verona. Naturally, I thought of you immediately:
Posted by xiaolongnu at July 27, 2008 05:47 PMI love it—thanks!
Posted by language hat at July 28, 2008 09:07 AM