Philippi Collection
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The Philippi Collection is a German private collection of clerical, religious and spiritual headdresses. The collection demonstrates the history, shared roots and diversity of religious-clerical head coverings.
Description
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The Philippi Collection is a private collection assembled by the entrepreneur Dieter Philippi, CEO of a German telecommunication distributor, located in Kirkel.{{cite web|url=http://www.nzzfolio.ch/www/21b625ad-36bc-48ea-b615-1c30cd0b472d/showarticle/17b78ab1-fd69-4400-8848-a44e6459cac8.aspx |title=Neue Zürcher Zeitung FOLIO |publisher=Nzzfolio.ch |date=2011-02-08 |accessdate=2012-06-21}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dieter-philippi.de/images/dp/buch/inside%20the%20vatican%20nov%202010.pdf |title=Inside the Vatican |date= |accessdate=2012-06-21}}
The main focus of the collection is 500-plus examples of headgear, gathered from Christianity, Islam, Judaism, Caodaism, Shinto, Buddhism, Sikhism, Free Churches, Sufism, Anabaptism and further communities of faith.{{cite news|url=http://www.spiegel.de/panorama/gesellschaft/0,1518,665012,00.html |title=Der Spiegel |publisher=Spiegel.de |date= 4 December 2009|accessdate=2012-06-21|last1=Smoltczyk |first1=Alexander }}
The collection also contains more than 100 accessories used for clerical and ecclesiastic purposes. Among these are pontifical shoes, gloves, pallia, pectoral crosses, bishops and Ecclesiastical rings, pieces of the papal china, and sashes.{{cite news|author=taz, die tageszeitung |url=http://www.taz.de/1/archiv/digitaz/artikel/?ressort=ku&dig=2010/08/07/a0030&cHash=e2815a04e2 |title=Die Tageszeitung |newspaper = Die Tageszeitung: Taz|publisher=Taz.de |date=2011-04-08 |page = 31|accessdate=2012-06-21}}
The collection contains 52 pectoral cross-cords.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Location
{{As of|2021}}, the collection is not on public display. It is located at Kirkel in Saarland, Germany.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}
Exhibitions
- October 2010 – July 2011: The Deutsches Hygiene-Museum had a small part of the collection on display as part of its exhibition Religious Energy (Kraftwerk Religion).
- March – April 2011: Headquarters of the Savings Bank in Saarbrücken
- July 3 – October 30, 2011: Alles Kopfsache – Hut, Helm, Tuch & Co., LWL- Industriemuseum Henrichtsütte, Hattingen
See also
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book | last=Philippi | first=Dieter | title=Sammlung Philippi – Kopfbedeckungen in Glaube, Religion und Spiritualität | year=2009 | publisher=St. Benno Verlag, Leipzig | isbn=978-3-7462-2800-6}}
- {{cite book | last=Smoltczyk | first=Alexander | title=Vatikanistan Eine Entdeckungsreise durch den kleinsten Staat der Welt | year=2008 | publisher=Wilhelm Heyne Verlag, München | isbn=978-3-453-15434-6}} p. 92
External links
{{Commons category|Collection of Dieter Philippi}}
- {{Official website|http://www.dieter-philippi.de/en}}
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