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 Sangster, William

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

Fl, The flabellum which becomes the epipodite of higher forms.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 2, Slice 6 "Armour Plates" to "Arundel, Earls of" by Various

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

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