Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Clothes make the Cardinal..........

Italian tailored:
With 2010 prices given in  euros, the Chasuble would cost  9,000, alb =  550, amice = 40, cassock = 550, sash = 175, socks = 20, shoes = 800, buskins = 320, tunic = 500, dalmatic = 500, ornate ceremonial gloves = 1,000, zucchetto = 125, biretta = 250, pectoral cross =  1800,  cord for cross = 250, miter = 6,000. A new cardinal could have a ready-made outfit bought in Rome with a modest price tag totaling 21,880  euros or  $30,011 in US dollars 

Click here for a complete description of each item.

Click here on Where to shop
(the building just east of Rome's Pantheon across the Piazza from McDonalds)

Inside & out of the McDonald's across from the Pantheon





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