Talk:Gonfalon

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Why is there a picture of a lance head on this page?[edit]

Is this a secondary meaning that has been edited out? I don't see anything in the text suggesting it. -- Resuna (talk) 08:40, 11 March 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Source for " Gonfalone is not used in the Sede vacante"[edit]

This is a common misconception. It is caused by the Italians who confused the two words. A gonfalone is a flag, in the period of "Sede vacante" an umbrella is used in the Vaticans Cardinal-camerlengo's heraldric device. Because the umbrella was often painted on the flag people started to call the flag after the illustration. Sources:

"Heraldry in the Catholic Church" by Bisshop Bruno Bernard Heim 1978 (page 55)
"Heraldry" Dr. Ottfried Neubecker 1976 —The preceding unsigned comment was added by Robert Prummel (talk • contribs) 15:50, 24 January 2007 (UTC).[reply]

So sorry! I forgot... 16:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)Robert Prummel 16:04, 24 January 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Gonfalone is also the name of small 'neighbourhoods' in medieval florence, or more specifically the meetings of these neighbourhoods to discuss taxation etc

Vexillum[edit]

I'm surprised this article doesn't mention the Roman vexillum, a very similar kind of banner. I don't know much about these things, but I would imagine the medieval Italian gonfalone would be a direct descendant of the Roman vexillum. Fair statement? Perhaps it came the gonfalone was revived because of Byzantine influence in that period (the labarum / lavaron). Nojamus (talk) 17:49, 31 July 2012 (UTC)[reply]

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The result of the move request was: page moved. Armbrust ^{The Homunculus} 19:48, 27 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Gonfalone → Gonfalon – The spelling without the final "E" appears to be the established English spelling per a Google search (and the text of the article). Note that Merriam-Webster does not even list the alternate form, and Wiktionary has the word at the E-less form. Dralwi k|^{Have a Chat} 19:07, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

Support The term was introduced to English via medieval French; the Italian spelling seems to be a modern confusion. ^walk victor falk^talk 08:12, 22 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]
Support. "Gonfalon" is also the headword in the OED, 2nd edition. Deor (talk) 17:05, 23 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

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