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CROSIER [3 records]

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Record 1 - external organization data 2021-03-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Compartment – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Museums and Heritage (General)
OBS

crosier : an item in the "Personal Symbols" class of the "Communication Objects" category.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Tiroir – Nomenclature 4.0
  • Muséologie et patrimoine (Généralités)
OBS

crosse d'évêque : objet de la classe «Symboles personnels» de la catégorie «Objets de communication».

Spanish

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Record 2 1998-06-18

English

Subject field(s)
  • Heraldry
CONT

Arms of Community, those borne by cities, towns, abbeys, universities, colleges, guilds, mercantile companies, etc. The arms of abbeys and colleges are generally those of their founders, to which the abbeys usually added some charge of an ecclesiastical character, as a crosier, mitre, or key. Such arms, as well as those borne by Sovereigns, are more properly termed Insignia.

Key term(s)
  • insignia

French

Domaine(s)
  • Héraldique

Spanish

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Record 3 1987-12-15

English

Subject field(s)
  • Goldsmithing and Silversmithing
  • Religion (General)
DEF

The pastoral staff or crook of a bishop or abbot.

CONT

This crosier and its silver-sheathed staff belonged to Monsignor Henri-Marie Dubreuil de Pontbriand, Bishop of Quebec from 1741 until his death.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Orfèvrerie et argenterie
  • Religion (Généralités)
DEF

Bâton pastoral d'évêque dont l'extrémité se recourbe en volute.

Spanish

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