5-517: Palla may refer to: Palla (garment) , a women's headcloth or shawl from ancient Rome Palla (butterfly) , a brush-footed butterfly genus described by Jacob Hübner in 1819 Palla (troubadour) , a twelfth-century minstrel from Galicia Palla, North 24 Parganas , village in West Bengal, India Palla , a tortrix moth genus invalidly described by Gustaf Johan Billberg in 1820, nowadays considered
10-555: A junior synonym of Pammene Palla (fish) , see Ilish Palla (surname) , a surname Palla (game) , a ball game from Tuscany (Italy) See also [ edit ] Pall (disambiguation) Pallium , an ecclesiastical vestment in the Roman Catholic Church Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Palla . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change
15-416: The link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Palla&oldid=1122364501 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Palla (garment) The palla was an elegant cloak or mantle that
20-421: The term palla is used ambiguously. It can denote not only a cloak, but also a foot-length sleeveless dress with straps (or a brooch) worn directly on the skin. The second is a common dress form in the entire Mediterranean world. In a Greek cultural context, this is called peplos . In a Roman cultural context, if worn by a Roman matron, it also takes the name stola . This clothing -related article
25-487: Was wrapped around the body. It was worn outside the house by (affluent) Roman women. It was a luxurious version of the Roman men's pallium . The palla was a traditional ancient Roman mantle worn by women, fastened by brooches . The shape was rectangular instead of semi-circular, as with the traditional toga . The garment dates to the 3rd century BC, but the type of dress must be much older. In Latin literature,
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