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In the late Byzantine period, pseudo-Kodinos records the use of the Palaiologan "tetragrammatic cross" (see above) on the imperial ensign (Greek: βασιλικόν φλάμουλον, basilikon phlamoulon) borne by Byzantine naval vessels, while the navy's commander, the megas doux, displayed an image of the emperor on horseback.
An earlier variant of the flag, used in the 1980s, combined the double-headed eagle design with the blue-and-white stripes of the flag of Greece. [2] The design is sometimes dubbed the "Byzantine imperial flag", and is considered—somewhat correctly—to have been the actual historical banner of the Byzantine Empire.
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English: Square version of the Byzantine imperial ensign (βασιλικόν φλάμουλον) under the Palaiologos dynasty, as exactly depicted in the Guillem Soler's portolan chart of c. 1380 and the Catalan Atlas of 1375.
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English: The flag of the late Eastern Roman Empire under the Palaiologos dynasty, as depicted in the Catalan Atlas of 1375. See also the images at: Category talk:Flags of the Palaiologos dynasty#About the Bs .
The double-headed eagle motif was used as the emblem of the Eastern Roman Empire (Byzantine Empire) during the 14th and 15th centuries, when ruled by the Palaiologos Dynasty. Source: Anachronistic design based on the flag used by the Greek Orthodox Church since c. 1980 (File:Flag of the Greek Orthodox Church.svg) Author