History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 136
n their hands,like the flag with its flower, and which flowers became the armorialfigures of France. Respecting this device there are many legendary tales: — that abanner, embroidered with golden fleur-de-lis, came down from heaven;that St. Denis personally bestowed the lily as an heraldic device… … The Bourbon Royal Standard. 1U8 IIIH SVMI.nLS. srAM)AIM)S. AM) IJANNKKS of tlie tales accounting for the origin of the lleur-ilu-hs as the deviceof the French royal family, from the time of Clovis to Charles X.^ The Ikur-ile-lis was first borne on a royal seal by Louis VII., a.d.llo7-8(). Edward…
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