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The flag of Albania (Albanian: Flamuri i Shqipërisë) depicts a silhouetted black double-headed eagle in the center of a red background. The red stands for bravery, strength, valour and bloodshed, while the Eagle – traditionally the symbol of Albanians [4] – represents the sovereign state of Albania.
The double-headed eagle was historically used as an emblem in the late Byzantine period (14th–15th centuries), but not on flags; rather it was embroidered on imperial clothing and accoutrements by both the Palaiologos emperors of the Byzantine Empire and the Grand Komnenos rulers of the Empire of Trebizond, descendants of the Byzantine ...
The Byzantine Greeks were the Greek-speaking Eastern Romans throughout Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. [1] They were the main inhabitants of the lands of the Byzantine Empire (Eastern Roman Empire), of Constantinople and Asia Minor (modern Turkey), the Greek islands, Cyprus, and portions of the southern Balkans, and formed large minorities, or pluralities, in the coastal urban centres of ...
The Crucifix, a cross with corpus, a symbol used in the Catholic Church, Lutheranism, the Eastern Orthodox Church, and Anglicanism, in contrast with some other Protestant denominations, Church of the East, and Armenian Apostolic Church, which use only a bare cross Early use of a globus cruciger on a solidus minted by Leontios (r. 695–698); on the obverse, a stepped cross in the shape of an ...
Modeled on the ancient Byzantine imperial crown, it is worn by all bishops and in some Slavic traditions also awarded to some high-ranking priests. The bishop's mitre is surmounted by a cross, but the priest's is not; both are bulbous and adorned with icons. Coptic Orthodox & Ethiopian Orthodox bishops also wear the Byzantine mitre.
In Byzantine art, color was used to convey spiritual and emotional meaning. Raphael's use of color in the "Transfiguration of Jesus" reflects this tradition, as he employs vivid hues to symbolize the divine light that surrounds Christ during his transfiguration. The brilliant white of Christ's robes, the golden-yellow of his halo, and the ...
Cardinal Franciszek Macharski with a scarlet zucchetto. The zucchetto (/(t) s uː ˈ k ɛ t oʊ, z uː ˈ-/, [1] also UK: / t s ʊ ˈ-/, [2] US: / z ʊ ˈ-/, [3] Italian: [dzukˈketto]; meaning 'small gourd', from zucca 'pumpkin' or more generally 'gourd'; plural in English: zucchettos) [a] [4] or solideo, [5] officially a pileolus, [6] is a small, hemispherical, form-fitting ecclesiastical ...
Color plays an important role in setting expectations for a product and communicating its key characteristics. [25] Color is the second most important element that allows consumers to identify brand packaging. [26] Marketers for products with an international market navigate the color symbolism variances between cultures with targeted advertising.