medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Might it have been in origin a sort of portable baldachin? Or even
something like the canopy one sees in some pictures of Corpus Christi
processions over the priest carrying the monstrance?
Tom Izbicki
Henk 't Jong wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
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> Don't shoot the piano-player: I was merely reacting to: "I can't put my
> hands on anything definitive just now, but IIRC the papal umbraculum [aka
> ombrellino, conopeum] and tintinabulum came into use in the Renaissance."
>
> So the big parasol DID come into use far before the Renaissance.
>
> Henk
>
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> so much for Papal Usage.
>
> which might well be of interest, to some.
>
>
>> Nothing on the tintinnabulum in this book as that is not a papal heraldic
>>
> charge but belongs to cathedrals.
>
> yes.
>
> yes, it's cathedrals' usage which interests some here.
>
>
>> As a gift from the pope, indeed, but not carried by or in front of him.
>>
> AFAIK, that is.
>
> some here are not particularly interested in papal "gifts," either.
>
>
>
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