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In heraldry and vexillology, a heraldic flag is a flag containing coats of arms, heraldic badges, or other devices used for personal identification. Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have varied over time.
Flag of the Church of St Margaret, Westminster Abbey: A blue flag defaced in the centre with a gold dragon's head pierced by a cross, and a gold crowned portcullis in the canton. 2014: Flag of Exeter Cathedral: The coat of arms of Exeter Cathedral on a field of blue. Flag of Southwark Cathedral: A banner of the Cathedral's coat of arms.
Date/Time Thumbnail Dimensions User Comment; current: 13:02, 12 November 2022: 1,000 × 1,000 (164 KB): Paolo Interdonato: Reverted to version as of 16:04, 28 January 2022 (UTC) Medieval flag are always shown in illuminated manuscripts having 1:1 ratio, and also there are no sources that confirm that 2:3 is the right ratio
The flag of Galicia appeared for first time in the 19th century, probably based on the colours of the ancient medieval flags of the Kingdom of Galicia.Originally, the flag was probably a blue St Andrew's Cross over a white field – St Andrew is one of the most popular saints in Galicia.
The official flag of Scania, one of Sweden's traditional provinces, is a banner of arms.. A banner of arms is a type of heraldic flag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms (i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement, rendered in a square or rectangular shape of the flag).
Flag Date Use Description Medieval: Flag of County of Foix: 9th century–1620: Flag of Viscounty of Béarn: 602–1453: Flag of Duchy of Aquitaine: 778–1271: Flag of County of Toulouse: 1108–1176: Flag of County of Nice: 1274–1791: Flag of Comtat Venaissin: 1848–1849: Flag of the Free Cities of Menton and Roquebrune: 1944: Flag of Free ...
The traditional provincial flag, gules, two lions passant or, is used in both former regions of France: Lower Normandy and Upper Normandy.It is based on the design of arms which had been attributed by medieval heralds to William the Conqueror, ultimately related to the 12th-century coat of arms of the House of Anjou.
The origin of flags is unknown. Some of the earliest known banners come from ancient China to identify different parts of the army. [3] For example, it is recorded that the armies of the Zhou dynasty in the 11th century BC carried a white banner before them, although no extant depictions exist of these banners.