British flags, their early history, and their development at sea; with an account of the origin of the flag as a national device (1922)
Perrin, W. G. (William Gordon), 1874-1931 · Cambridge : The University Press · leaf 30
an emblem atthe top, which is believed to represent the district or town to whichthe owner of the boat belonged. There are at least eighteen different ^ The Theorike and Practike of moderfie ivarres, 1598. * The fact that the object represented is really a boat has been disputed, butthere seem to… … I] AND ITS DEVELOPMENT 7 forms of this emblem\ but these standards all agree in having intheir upper part two pendent objects which appear to be long ribbonsor streamers attached to the pole. These standards were developedinto the nome-standards of the Egyptian armies, but they never againappear in…
Flags -- Great Britain
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