flabellum
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The name flagellum, indicating something as unstable as a breeze, is derived from flatus, by the change of a letter, just as in the case of the word flabellum, which means fly fan.
From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax
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
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 Sangster, William
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 Addison, Julia de Wolf Gibbs
The flabellum is used, though now rarely made of precious metal.
From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 7, Slice 3 "Convention" to "Copyright" 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
