Padiglione
The Padiglione ( Italian ), also called Basilica Umbrella , Conopeum , Umbraculum (Latin) or Ombrellino (Italian), is a yellow-red striped, cone-shaped silk umbrella, originally used to protect priests and cantors during processions , and is placed next to the Tintinnabulum , a liturgical one Bell, the insignia of a papal basilica of the Roman Catholic Church . In addition, the spanned Padiglione in combination with the coat of arms of the Cardinal Chamberlain is the insignia of a papal vacancy .
literature
- Walther P. Liesching: The basilica umbrella in the coats of arms of the Reichenau monastery in the 16th century. Its origin and its meaning , in: Writings of the Association for the History of Lake Constance and its Surroundings , Volume 117, 1999, pp. 167–178 ( digitized version )
Web links
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