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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 [http://larsdatter.com/trumpet-banners.htm trumpets]. 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. |
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Broadly, a flag bearing coat of arms or other emblem. <p> |
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More precisely, the long, fork-ended, flag used as a nation's or individual's war-standard, which bore emblems and mottoes. |
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''See also'': |
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* [[Knight Bachelor]] |
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== Banners in the SCA == |
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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 [[gonfalon]]. |
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It is also common to see [[banner bearer]]s on the [[field]] during SCA [[battle]]s. |
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==References== |
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* [http://donna.hrynkiw.net/flags/ Medieval Flags and Banners] |
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* [http://donna.hrynkiw.net/flags/norris.html Medieval Flags: Norris] |
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* [http://www.merouda.com/asheraldry/as14.htm Heraldic Arts & Sciences: A Banner Wrap Up] |
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== External Links == |
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* [http://moas.atlantia.sca.org/wsnlinks/index.php?action=displaycat&catid=167 Atlantian A&S Links: Heraldic Banners & Flags ] |
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* [http://www.larsdatter.com/banners.htm Extant Banners & Flags from the Middle Ages and Renaissance] |
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[[category:flag]] |
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[[category:heraldry]] |
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Latest revision as of 02:02, 4 December 2008
A banner is a type of period flag that is attached vertically to a spear or staff, or on other ceremonial items like trumpets. 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.
See also:
Banners in the SCA
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 gonfalon.
It is also common to see banner bearers on the field during SCA battles.
