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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 ...
The office of abbess is of considerable social dignity, and in the past, was sometimes filled by princesses of the reigning houses. [2] Until the dissolution of Holy Roman Empire and mediatisation of smaller imperial fiefs by Napoleon, the evangelical Abbess of Quedlinburg was also per officio the head of that reichsunmittelbar state.
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]
In heraldry, an escutcheon (/ ɪ ˈ s k ʌ tʃ ən /) is a shield that forms the main or focal element in an achievement of arms.The word can be used in two related senses. In the first sense, an escutcheon is the shield upon which a coat of arms is displayed.
The four arms should be of equal length (forming a Greek cross), as far as possible within the shape of the shield, and they meet in the center (fesse-point) of the shield, except when it is abased (lowered) in the presence of a chief. The plain cross of gules in a field argent is termed Saint George's Cross. [9]
Coat of arms of Andorra; Armiger: Joan Enric Vives Sicília, Co-Prince of Andorra Emmanuel Macron, Co-Prince of Andorra: Adopted: 1993 (officially): Shield: Quarterly: first Gules, a crosier bendways sinister surmounted by a mitre Or lined Argent (Bishop of Urgell); second Or, three pallets Gules (Count of Foix); third Or, four pallets Gules (); fourth Or, two cows passant in pale Gules horned ...
The mitre (Commonwealth English) or miter (American English; see spelling differences; both pronounced / ˈ m aɪ t ər / MY-tər; Greek: μίτρα, romanized: mítra, lit. 'headband' or 'turban') is a type of headgear now known as the traditional, ceremonial headdress of bishops and certain abbots in traditional Christianity.