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Standard used by King George I of Greece. The flag consists of the plain cross version of the national flag, with a royal coat of arms of Greece superimposed in the center of the cross. 1863–1913: Royal standard reported during the early years of King George I's reign. [4] [5] Swallow-tailed Greek flag and the coat of arms of House of ...
Usages cited include the pattern of blue and white formations included on the shield of Achilles, [20] [10] the apparent connection of blue with goddess Athena, some of Alexander the Great's army banners, [5] possible blue and white flags used during Byzantine times, [20] [10] supposed coats of arms of imperial dynasties and noble families ...
This is a list of flags, arranged by design, serving as a navigational aid for identifying a given flag. Uncharged flags are flags that either are solid or contain only rectangles, squares and crosses but no crescents, circles, stars, triangles, maps, flags, coats of arms or other objects or symbols.
Bait Pandi: the Bagobo goddess of weavers who taught women weaving [12] Fu Dalu: the T'boli goddess of the abaca; speak and guide weavers on how to create patterns and designs, which are remembered in dreams [13] Mamiyo: the Ifugao stretcher of skeins, one of the twenty-three deities presiding over the art of weaving [14]
Device of Andronikos II Palaiologos, in the so-called "Flag of Andronikos Palaiologos" kept in the Vatopedi Monastery. In 1861, the Greek scholar Georgios Chrysovergis wrote that it was adopted by the Komnenoi in 1048. Although this was based on no evidence whatsoever, this view gained wide acceptance and circulation. [13]
English: A flag based on older patterns, this design first appeared in 1769 during the Orlov Revolt. Used, among others, by the Kolokotronis family, this flag was the most widely used throughout Greece during the initial stages of the 1821 War of Independence.
Weaving a small tapestry on a high-warp loom, 2022, New Zealand One of the tapestries in the series The Hunt of the Unicorn: The Unicorn is Found, circa 1495–1505, The Cloisters, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City. Tapestry is a form of textile art, traditionally woven by hand on a loom. Normally it is used to create images rather than ...
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) refers to numerous Biblical references to weaving: Weaving was an art practised in very early times . The Egyptians were specially skilled in it (Isa 19:9; Ezek 27:7), and some have regarded them as its inventors. In the wilderness, the Hebrews practised weaving (Ex 26:1, 26:8; 28:4, 28:39; Lev 13:47).