Origin and history of the American flag 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 (1917)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885, Asnis, Charles Edward · Philadelphia, N. L. Brown · leaf 140
in their hands, like theflag with its flower, and which flowers became the armorial figures ofFrance. 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… … 108 The Symbols, Standards, and Banners of the tales accounting for the origin of the fleur-de-lis as the deviceof the French royal faimily, from the time of Clovis to Charles X.^ The fleur-de-lis was first borne on a royal seal by Louis VTI., a.d.1137-80. Edward III. was the first English monarch…
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