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Byzantine flags and insignia. For most of its history, the Eastern Roman (Byzantine) Empire did not use heraldry in the Western European sense of permanent motifs transmitted through hereditary right. [1] Various large aristocratic families employed certain symbols to identify themselves; [1] the use of the cross, and of icons of Christ, the ...
The Ecumenical Patriarchate and Mount Athos, and also the Greek Orthodox Churches in the diaspora under the Patriarchate use a black double-headed eagle in a yellow field as their flag or emblem. The eagle is depicted as clutching a sword and an orb with a crown above and between its two heads. [1] An earlier variant of the flag, used in the ...
The color Byzantium is a particular dark tone of purple. It originates in modern times, and, despite its name, it should not be confused with Tyrian purple ( hue rendering ), the color historically used by Roman and Byzantine emperors. The latter, often also referred to as "Tyrian red", is more reddish in hue, and is in fact often depicted as ...
The Pan-African flag (also known as the Afro-American flag, Black Liberation flag, UNIA flag, and various other names) is an ethnic flag representing pan-Africanism, the African diaspora, and/or black nationalism. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A tri-color flag, it consists of three equal horizontal bands of (from top down) red, black, and green.
The national flag of Greece, popularly referred to as the "turquoise and white one" ( Greek: Γαλανόλευκη, Galanólefki) or the "azure and white" ( Κυανόλευκη, Kyanólefki ), is officially recognised by Greece as one of its national symbols and has 5 equal horizontal stripes of blue alternating with white. There is a blue ...
Bhutan (with distinct yellow and orange) Hanover (1837–1866) Hindu flag (with distinct orange) Jacksonville, Florida, United States (with a distinct gold and orange and a brown emblem) Jerusalem cross – flag used by several Crusader states. Kędzierzyn-Koźle, Poland (with multicolored coat of arms)
He then made another flag proposal, a vertical tricolor of red-green-blue, taken from the rainbow. [ 2] In 1918, Martiros Saryan, an Armenian painter designed a rainbow flag proposal as "color is a genuine miracle". [ 3] Father Ghevont Alishan's first proposal (1885) Father Ghevont Alishan's second proposal (1885) Martiros Saryan's proposal (1918)
A dark green flag with a black strip left of center. 1352–1576: Flag of the Bengal Sultanate: A white flag with two red strips at the top and bottom. 1576–1858: Flag of the Mughal Empire: Mughal Empire Alam flag that was primarily moss green. [4] 1717–1757: Flag of the Bengal Subah: A white flag with three red barrels and a red sword. [5 ...