Pastel. The French name for coloured crayons. Pastel-painting was much used for portraits in the beginning of the 19th century.
Pasticcio, It. An imitation of the style of another painter in an independent design.
Pastophori, Gr. and Egyp. (παστο-φόροι). Priests who, at certain ceremonies, carried small shrines (ναὸς) containing the image of a deity, which were hidden from the eyes of the crowd by a veil of different colours called παστὸς, whence παστὸν φέρειν (to carry the pastos), the term applied to the priests who performed this duty. The keepers of the temple were also so called.
Pastophoria, Chr. Small apses flanking the principal apse in a basilica, in which the consecrated bread was kept.
Fig. 520. Bishop’s Pastoral Staff.
Pastoral Staff, Chr. The pedum of antiquity and emblem of a bishop’s pastoral responsibility is distinct from the Crozier (q.v.) of an archbishop, and has a crook head.
Pastouraux, Cubical stones, usually of two colours, applied in the ornamentation of Romano-Byzantine architecture.
Patagium, R. A band of purple, or with gold ornaments or embroidery, which was placed round the neck and down the front of a woman’s tunic (tunica muliebris).
Patee or Pattee, Her. A small cross with the arms widening towards the ends.