Bishop's hat
The bishop's hat ( chapeau d'évêque ), a large headgear of the bishops , is a common coat of arms in heraldry and is represented as a flat green hat with six hanging tassels in three rows (3: 2: 1) on both sides. It can be in the heraldic shield and floating over the shield. Its shape is reminiscent of the cardinal's hat , which is flat and red and has 15 tassels each. The archbishop's hat is represented with ten tassels . Its color is also green. These so-called ecclesiastical hats are used in church heraldry for the difference in rank due to color and number of tassels .
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literature
- Georg Joseph Manz, Ludwig Schönchen: General real encyclopedia or conversation lexicon for all stands. Volume 2, Georg Joseph Manz, Regensburg 1866, p. 762.
- KG Saur Verlag GmbH & Company: Paramente Der Christian Kirchen / Parements Des Eglises Chretiennes / Paraments of the Christian Churches: Systematisches Fachworterbuch. Verlag Walter de Gruyter Munich 2001, ISBN 978-3-11095-252-0 .