flabellum
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In some instances it is depicted as a flabellum, a fan of palm-leaves or coloured feathers fixed on a long handle, resembling those now carried behind the Pope in processions.
From Umbrellas and Their History by William Sangster
Page 288 Ivory handles were usual for the fly-fan, or flabellum, used at the altar, to keep flies and other insects away from the Elements.
From Arts and Crafts in the Middle Ages A Description of Mediaeval Workmanship in Several of the Departments of Applied Art, Together with Some Account of Special Artisans in the Early Renaissance by Julia de Wolf Gibbs Addison
Ventilabrum and flabellum are names under which ecclesiastical fans are mentioned in old inventories.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 10, Slice 2 "Fairbanks, Erastus" to "Fens" by Various
Rhīpid′ion, in the Greek Church, the eucharistic fan or flabellum.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 3 of 4: N-R) by Various
Ventilā′brum, flabellum; Ventilā′tion, act or art of ventilating: state of being ventilated: free exposure to air: supply of air: act of examining and making public: public exposure.—adj.
From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 4 of 4: S-Z and supplements) by Various
Prelates held a damask canopy over the Holy Father's head and stirred the warm air about him with ostrich-plumed flabella.
From Time Magazine Archive
The two enormous, semicircular flabella or ostrich fans were also omitted.
From Time Magazine Archive
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