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Frontline: SIGILLUM SECRETUM (1028 words) |
 | What I am referring to are the coat of arms of the flamoor which proliferated in both the private and civic European escutcheons (coat of arms) throughout the 13th, 14th and 15th centuries. |
| Modern specialists in the science of heraldry suspect, however, that this blazon (coat of arms) of the flamoor is instead the very opposite of a negative symbol. |
| Since one of the most important of all Ethiopian royal titles was "Slave of the Cross," the golden ring in the flamoor's ear was probably meant to be interpreted as a deeply devotional and--considering the belief in the Bible as the Word of God--a highly rhetorical symbol. |
| Benedict XVI (4107 words) |
| In the middle of the 14th century, one of the most profound examples of the symbol of the flamoor can be seen in the use of this image to represent Christ. |
| The blindfold on certain flamoor coat of arms, therefore, is not a mistakenly placed headband or torse, the standard headpiece of this specific symbol when a crown is not called for. |
| Perhaps because it is so recent and therefore so comparatively easier to interpret, one of the more exciting examples of the flamoor as a symbol of the Redeemer is the one to be found in an insignia designed by Pope Pius VII in the early part of the last century. |
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