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Originally, flags representing a country would generally be the personal flag of its rulers; however, over time, the practice of using personal banners as flags of places was abandoned in favour of flags that had some significance to the nation, often its patron saint.
Many officially Christian states and predominantly Christian countries have flags with Christian symbolism. Many flags used by modern nations have their roots in historical Christian flags used in historic Christian empires, such as the Byzantine Empire, or in crusader vexillology.
Heraldic flags include banners, standards, pennons and their variants, gonfalons, guidons, and pinsels. Specifications governing heraldic flags vary from country to country, and have varied over time.
The principal system of flags and associated codes is the International Code of Signals. Various navies have flag systems with additional flags and codes, and other flags are used in special uses, or have historical significance.
The flag of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts displays, on both sides, the state coat of arms on a white field. The shield is meant to depict an Algonquian Native American with bow and arrow; the arrow is pointed downward, signifying peace.
A White banner with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the center. 1578–1614: Portuguese Malacca: A White banner with the coat of arms of the Kingdom in the center. 1614–1636: Aceh Sultanate: A Red Banner with a white crescent moon and a 5 pointed star. a sword is below them. 1636–1819: Johor Sultanate: A simple white banner. 1819–1824
Glossary of vexillology. Flag terminology is the nomenclature, or system of terms, used in vexillology, the study of flags, to describe precisely the parts, patterns, and other attributes of flags and their display.
A banner of arms is a type of heraldic flag, characterised by sharing its imagery with that of the coat of arms ( i.e. the shield of a full heraldic achievement, rendered in a square or rectangular shape of the flag). [1]
Detail of the arms in the centre of the flag. The flag of San Marino is formed by two equal horizontal bands of white (top) and light blue with the national coat of arms superimposed in the center; the coat of arms has a shield (featuring three towers on three peaks) with a closed crown on top, flanked by an oak and laurel wreath, with a scroll below bearing the word LIBERTAS (Freedom).
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