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2. Heraldic flag - Wikipedia

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   Banners of Knights of the Thistle displayed in St. Giles' Cathedral. 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 ...

3. Glossary of vexillology - Wikipedia

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   A flag flown from a short jackstaff at the bow of a ship. National flag. Main article: National flag. A flag that represents and symbolizes a given nation. It is flown by the government of that nation, but can also be flown by its citizens. Pennon or pennant . Main article: Pennon. A flag that is wider at the hoist than at the fly. Pipe banner

4. Vexillology - Wikipedia

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   Vexillology (/ ˌ v ɛ k s ɪ ˈ l ɒ l ə dʒ i / VEK-sih-LOL-ə-jee) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. [1] A person who studies flags is a vexillologist, one who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of designing flags is called vexillography. A hobbyist or ...

5. Pennon - Wikipedia

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   Triangular pennant Tapering pennant Triangular swallowtail pennant. A pennon, also known as a pennant or pendant, is a long narrow flag which is larger at the hoist than at the fly, i.e., the flag narrows as it moves away from the flagpole. It can have several shapes, such as triangular, tapering (square tail) or triangular swallowtail (forked ...

6. List of Norwegian flags - Wikipedia

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   Nasjonal Samling party flag pennant: Used as a small car flag. 1930s – 8 May 1945: Ordinary NS Pennant, design 1: Sun cross in gold on red canvas. Was used as car flag. It is also described as having the same conditions as Hirden's Sveit flags. 1930s – 8 May 1945: Ordinary NS Pennant, design 2: Was used as car flag. Could also be used by ...

7. Byzantine flags and insignia - Wikipedia

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   Pseudo-Kodinos also enumerates various banners and insignia used in imperial processions: one named archistratēgos (ἀρχιστράτηγος, "chief general"); another with images of renowned prelates and eight streamers known as oktapodion (ὀκταπόδιον, "octopus"); another in the form of a cross with the images of St. Demetrius ...

8. Flag - Wikipedia

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   The study of flags is known as "vexillology" from the Latin vexillum, meaning "flag" or "banner". National flags are patriotic symbols with widely varied interpretations that often include strong military associations because of their original and ongoing use for that purpose. Flags are also used in messaging, advertising, or for decorative ...

9. Pennant - Wikipedia

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   Pennant race, the race to clinch the division title in a regular baseball season; Pennant (military), a tapering flag historically carried for identification purposes by cavalry detachments, attached to lances or standard poles. Pennant, a reference to Flag and pennant patterns in technical analysis of a stock market chart