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

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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"

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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:

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

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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]


GonfaloneGonfalon – 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. Dralwik|Have a Chat 19:07, 20 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]


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