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Flags, Banners: Materials  

Posted by Mermaiden in ,

... I now have received the paint, and picked up some fabric.... oh yay, ready to get started on the next phase, soon.....

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Flags, Banners  

Posted by Mermaiden in ,

I want to make some heraldic banners and things so I'm on the hunt for information. Here's a start.

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Four kinds of flags that had devices or badges on them in period:

Gonfanon - small square flag with three tails streaming from the fly
        used in 11th and 12th centuries, mostly used by commanders in battle

Pennoncel (or pennon) - small trianglar lance-flag.  It became the
        the distinctive flag of the "ordinary" knight, known later
        as the knight batchelor, and was painted with the knight's arms.

Banner - during 13c use of gonfanons (the particular mark of barons at
        this time) faded and they were superceded by banners.  Initially
        they were twice as high as long, and later became square.

Standard - a long tapered flag with a rounded or double-rounded end.
        They came into use in the 15c.  The growing popularity
        of badges in the late 15c caused an upsurge in the use of
        standards as well at this time, since they were an excellent
        means of displaying them.  Standards were between 4 and 9 yards
        long, depending on the status of the owner.

http://andrew.draskoy.net/sca/flags

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Here we go, another item to note  - kingdom law on Standards -

Standards

There shall be reserved one type of heraldic flag for display that is fitting the prestige and honor for the order of the peerages known as the STANDARD. The standard shall be identified by the use of the Kingdom Badge (NOT the Kingdom Arms) at the hoist, “Argent, on a fess sable, a crown of three points between two mullets argent.” of 1 yard in width followed by the appropriate charges, colors and regalia of peerage entitlement as appropriate. The length in addition to the yard of the kingdom badge is regulated as follows: King/Queen- 8 yards, Duchy-7 yards, County-6 yards, Peers-5 yards, and Territorial Baronage- 4 yards

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