Pilgrim hat
The pilgrim hat is a wide-brimmed hat that protects the wearer against rain and sun.
In the narrower linguistic usage the traditional headgear of the Jacob pilgrims is understood by pilgrim hat . The traditional pilgrim hat is made of water-repellent felt , has a wide brim that protects against the sun and can be adjusted as required. A flap at the neck allows rainwater to drain onto the wearer's shoulders.
Since the early Middle Ages , the hat, like the staff , the pilgrim's bag and the drinking bottle, often a hollowed out and dried bottle gourd , has been part of the standard equipment of the pilgrims . Pilgrims who went on a pilgrimage to Santiago de Compostela attached a scallop shell to their clothing, preferably their hat, as a sign of the pilgrim's identity. The pilgrim's hat allowed its owner to feed on the fruits of the land on the pilgrimage, which was otherwise punished as an offense.
Iconography and Heraldry
In Christian iconography , the pilgrim's hat is an attribute of James the Elder . He is also an attribute of St. Birgitta of Sweden , who made a pilgrimage to Santiago in 1341. Occasionally, St. Sebaldus , the city patron of Nuremberg, is depicted with a shell hat. Legend has it that Sebaldus himself made a pilgrimage to Rome. Since the grave of the saint in Nuremberg was a popular destination for pilgrimages and Nuremberg was also an important gathering point for the medieval pilgrims, Sebaldus, as the patron saint of pilgrimages, was also given the typical attributes of a pilgrim - shell hat, pilgrim's staff, pilgrim's bag.
In heraldry, the clam hat, named after the scallop attached to the pilgrim's hat, denotes a common figure . Examples are the coats of arms of Gossel and Olsztyn .
Gossel , D.
Allenstein , East Prussia
Bever GR , Switzerland
Berkheim , D.
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Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( memento of the original from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Camino Pilgrim Guides: Camino Santiago de Compostela, Frances, Fisterra and Portugues
- ↑ St. Sebald in Nuremberg
- ↑ Georg Helm villages: Christian Art symbolism and iconography. An attempt to facilitate the interpretation and a better understanding of the church sculptures of the Middle Ages. JC Hermann, Frankfurt am Main 1839, p. 144 .
