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I'm sure someone has thought about this before, and it plays to my own theory about a Padua link, but could the central rosette be a representation of the the Basilica of St Anthony in Padua...? It has domed rooves and Padua was surrounded by canals and quays..
When I first saw them I thought they were buildings but Koen convinced me otherwise.
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noun
1. a receptacle shaped like a shrine or a cup with an arched cover, used in the Christian Church for the reservation of the Eucharist.
Either way, I think the large circle in the middle represents Heaven/God.
When you remove the colour, it looks to me like a crown full of stars, which I agree looks religious. But the absence of religious elements elsewhere is puzzling. Unless it is Augustinian, which would take us back to Padua, as St Anthony was an Augustinian, and the ceiling of the Basilica is full of stars...