Based on the principle that the number of blades suggests a rank in Holy Orders, much like the number of horizontal bars on the back of a Dalmatic and Tunicle, here we present our notion of the Subdeacon’s Biretta. We’ve not seen anything of the like outside of DB Towers, though Mother Prioress informs us that she saw something quite like it in the 18th Century and frankly we’re not going to argue. One of the younger sisters, who turns 80 this month, says it looks like “a Mickey Mouse Hat found on Dartmoor Firing Range.” Well quite.
