Standards and Pinsils and Pennons, Oh My!

A Cursory Glance at Medieval Flags and Banners

In preparing to make a set of medieval armorial flags, I took a look around to see what I could find out about them first. This is a snapshot of my findings so far.
-- Donna Hrynkiw

Flags Through Time

Ninth Century

Flags By Shape

Essays, Articles, and Web Sources

An extraction from Herbert Norris: Costume & Fashion, Volume Two - Senlac to Bosworth, 1066-1485 -- Chapter V, Heraldry
The Oxford English Dictionary -- extractions.
A Brief Definition of Types of Medieval Flags (SCA Heraldry List Archives)

Labarum (Chi-Rho) from The Catholic Encyclopedia

Tents and Pavilions

This page created: 24 June 1996
Last updated: 11 March 1999
e-mail: donna(AT)kwantlen(DOT)bc(DOT)ca
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