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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 ...
A white field with a black Moor's head. The flag of Corsica was adopted by General of the Nation Pasquale Paoli in 1755 and was based on a traditional flag used previously. It portrays a Moor's head in black wearing a white bandana above his eyes on a white background. Previously, the bandana covered his eyes; Paoli wanted the bandana moved to ...
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 ...
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.
January 7, 2018 – March 25, 2018. Episodes. 12. Anime and manga portal. Mitsuboshi Colors (三ツ星カラーズ, Mitsuboshi Karāzu, lit. "Three Star Colors") is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Katsuwo. The manga was serialized in ASCII Media Works ' Monthly Comic Dengeki Daioh magazine from 2014 to June 27, 2020.
The flag's dimensions are 95 cm x 75 cm. A field of blood-red cloth is made of a two-piece loom, of cotton thread. In the middle of the flag is the black double-headed eagle, above it is a silver shining sun and below the eagle is embroidered with Latin letters the name "MIRDITA". It is the only surviving flag of the twelve bajraks of Mirditë ...
White, Black, Red. While gradually most of the territories of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania, Rus', Samogitia retained the name Rus ', some of them got more color-specific names: "White Rus" ( Russia (Ruthenia) Alba, Belarus, Ruś Biała ). This would eventually become the name of the country Belarus. [citation needed]