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Arms of an abbess displayed on a lozenge with crosier turned left. The shield is the normal device for displaying a coat of arms. Clergy have used less-military shapes such as the oval cartouche, but the shield has always been a clerical option. Clergy in Italy often use a shield shaped like a horse's
A crozier on the coat of arms of Basel, Switzerland which was ruled by Prince-Bishops during the Middle Ages. A crozier or crosier (also known as a paterissa, pastoral staff, or bishop's staff) [1] is a stylized staff that is a symbol of the governing office of a bishop or abbot and is carried by high-ranking prelates of Roman Catholic, Eastern Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Oriental Orthodox ...
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habit of a Benedictine nun, dove, Rule of St. Benedict, crozier of an abbess [36] Sebaldus: pilgrim with a staff; later represented with the model of a church [26] Sebastian: Tied to a post, pillar or a tree, shot by arrows, crown: Secundus of Asti: a sword; clouds overhead [26] Septimius of Iesi: Episcopal attire [citation needed] Serafino ...
shield, armament, Cross of Lorraine: Joan of France, Duchess of Berry: crowned Annonciade abbess, usually with cross and rosary, or holding the hand of the Christ Child, who is holding a basket; Annonciade abbess with basket of bread and cup of wine; with Father Gabriel Mary; having a ring placed on her finger by the Christ Child [citation needed]
Dexter, a green hemp plant with a yellow bloom on a white background. Sinister, azure, a white shield (containing a red cross) attached to a gold crozier. The hemp plant represents the Canepas family (who are artists) and the crozier represents Bishop Enrico Silvio (1556–1612). [12] Mendrisio On a red background is a white cross.
Melangell is depicted as an abbess, with a veil and crosier. [ 76 ] In 1848 the Welsh priest and artist John Parker described the carvings as "decidedly grotesque, and verging on the ludicrous," but also wrote that the "cleverness and ingenuity with which the story is told, in spite of the trammels imposed upon the artist by the requirements of ...
Christian crosier (1260-1286) of the form that is the name-sake of the fungal structure. A crozier is an anatomical feature of many fungi in the phylum Ascomycota that forms at the base of asci and looks like a hook-topped shepherd’s staff or stylized religious crosier.