# Philippi Collection

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[[File:Dieter Philippi und rotes Birett quer.JPG|thumb|upright=1.2|Dieter Philippi with the first piece of his collection: a cardinal's [biretta](/source/biretta) made from scarlet [watered silk](/source/Moire_(fabric))]]
The '''Philippi Collection''' is a German private collection of [clerical](/source/Clergy), [religious](/source/Religion) and spiritual [headdresses](/source/Headgear). The collection demonstrates the history, shared roots and diversity of religious-clerical head coverings.

== Description ==
thumb|upright=1.2|Selected items from the Philippi Collection
The Philippi Collection is a [private collection](/source/private_collection) assembled by the entrepreneur Dieter Philippi, CEO of a German telecommunication distributor, located in [Kirkel](/source/Kirkel).<ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

The main focus of the collection is 500-plus examples of headgear, gathered from [Christianity](/source/Christianity), [Islam](/source/Islam), [Judaism](/source/Judaism), [Caodaism](/source/Caodaism), [Shinto](/source/Shinto), [Buddhism](/source/Buddhism), [Sikhism](/source/Sikhism), [Free Churches](/source/Free_church), [Sufism](/source/Sufism), [Anabaptism](/source/Anabaptist) and further communities of faith.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

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 ring](/source/Ecclesiastical_ring)s, pieces of the papal china, and sashes.<ref>{{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}}</ref>
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](/source/Kirkel) in Saarland, Germany.{{Citation needed|date=July 2021}}

== Exhibitions ==
* October 2010 – July 2011: The [Deutsches Hygiene-Museum](/source/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](/source/Saarbr%C3%BCcken)
* July 3 – October 30, 2011: Alles Kopfsache – Hut, Helm, Tuch & Co., LWL- Industriemuseum Henrichtsütte, Hattingen

==See also==
{{Portal|Fashion|Religion}}
* [Mitre](/source/Mitre)
* [Zucchetto](/source/Zucchetto)

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==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.&nbsp;92

== External links ==
{{Commons category|Collection of Dieter Philippi}}
* {{Official website|http://www.dieter-philippi.de/en}}

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