In memory Benedict XVI : 18

For a brief period, the Master of Papal Ceremonies, Monsignor Guido Marini, introduced into the Papal suite chasubles in the Borromeon form (often written about on this Blog).  

This post features a remarkable chasuble which was used on Pentecost Sunday 2008, made from a reproduction of a Renaissance damask.  

Beautiful as it was, the chasuble did not sit well on the Pope's small stature and was not used again.  It also ill-suited the pseudo-primitive form of pallium which was used in the first three years of Pope's Benedict reign.

Matching dalmatics are also shewn.