Military and religious life in the Middle Ages and at the period of the Renaissance (1870)
Jacob, P. L., 1806-1884 · London : Bickers & Son · leaf 146
Ages, as in ancient times, had frequently gold-coloured and purple sails. The sails of seigniorial ships were generallybrilliantly emblazoned with the coat-of-arms of the seignior (Fig. 94); thesails of merchant vessels and of fishing boats with the image of a saint, thepatron figure of the Virgin,… … Fig. 94.—-Seal of Edward, Count of Rutland (1395). originally employed to make signals at sea, but flags soon began to be usedfor this purpose. A single flag, having a different meaning according to itsposition, ordinarily sufficed to transmit all necessary orders in the daytime.At night its place…
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