Philippi Collection

The collection demonstrates the history, shared roots and diversity of religious-clerical head coverings.

The Philippi Collection is a private collection assembled by the entrepreneur Dieter Philippi, CEO of a German telecommunication distributor, located in Kirkel.

[1][2] 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.

Among these are pontifical shoes, gloves, pallia, pectoral crosses, bishops and Ecclesiastical rings, pieces of the papal china, and sashes.

[citation needed] As of 2021[update], the collection is not on public display.

Dieter Philippi with the first piece of his collection: a cardinal's biretta made from scarlet watered silk
Selected items from the Philippi Collection