Sunday, June 7, 2009

Poatcard-Week: Miscellaneous

To finish off the postcard-week, here is a whole bunch of bishops and cardinals who didn't warrant an own post. Again: Just read what is written on the postcards to know who's who. If there is no information, I'll provide some (where I can).











Cardinal Donnet, archbishop of Bordeaux


I have no clue











Bishop Duparc of Quimper


Bishop Dizieu of Amiens











Now that's a strange baldaquin. Like they are keeping the Cardinal in a cage.








No idea


Again, no clue. He looks like a koala bear!





























No bishop, no cardinal, but this funeral coach was too good to pass up.
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10 comments:

  1. PeterJune 7, 2009 at 12:58 PM

    They're great. Do you have those cards physically? Where did you get them?

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  2. leoJune 7, 2009 at 1:37 PM

    No, sorry, I swiped pretty much all of them off the web. Postcards like these are very expensive. If you are interested in buying some, I suggest online-auctions like ebay or flea-markets or used-book stores, which sometimes also sell postcards.

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  3. GregorJune 7, 2009 at 1:40 PM

    I believe that that form of baldachin, with bars connecting the poles, is in fact the typical, or at least a very common one in France.

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  4. SMJJune 7, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    Would you have any photo of the interior of Notre Dame de Paris before the renovations?

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  5. leoJune 8, 2009 at 3:29 AM

    SMJ: No, sorry, I don't have any photos of Notre Dame from back then. If I find some, I'll post them!

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  6. AnonymousJune 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM

    I notice thar in some of the pictures, some bishops wear their miter and crozier with their choir dress. Why is it so? I thought the combination to be unusual.

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  7. The Saint Bede StudioJune 8, 2009 at 7:08 PM

    Leo, I've noticed that some of the French bishops wear (what in England are called) "preaching bands" with choir dress: an extension of their collar.

    I'm wondering what colour these bands would be for a bishop? Black or Roman purple? They seem to be particular to the Catholic Church in France.

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  8. CarlJune 11, 2009 at 2:51 AM

    what you call preaching bands is normaly called rabat in catholic terms! see http://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rabat_(bef)

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  9. CarlJune 11, 2009 at 2:53 AM

    see also this: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/2/27/Jacques-B%C3%A9nigne_Bossuet_2.jpg

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  10. UnknownJune 23, 2009 at 7:56 AM

    That strange baldaquin looks like a very expensive bed without a mattress.

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