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A '''banner''' is a type of [[period]] [[flag]] that is attached vertically to a spear or staff, or on other ceremonial items like [[trumpet]]s. They are rectangular in shape with the longer side generally attached to the staff. Some can be found that are square. The flag bears a [[noble]]'s [[device]] or symbol in such a way that the [[dexter]] side was by the staff on either side of the flag. Some banners had one or more strip or [[tongue]] extending horizontally out from the top edge or the outside edge. They were also commonly decorated with a [[fringe]] around all but the staff side.

In the [[SCA]], the term '''banner''' is commonly used to refer to a flag that is suspended horizontally from a pole. This is actually a [[flag|gonfalon]]. 

==See also==
* [[Knight Bachelor]]

==References==
* [http://www.kwantlen.ca/~donna/sca/flags/norris.html#banner Medieval Flags: Norris]
* [http://www.meridies.org/as/dmir/Heraldry/1306.html Meridies Guidelines for Construction of Banners, Flags and Standards]
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