Our country's flag and the flags of foreign countries (1898)
Holden, Edward Singleton, 1846-1914 · New York : D. Appleton and company · leaf 154
g, and became a truly national symbol.A national flag must be uniform, universal,obligatory. It must represent the beliefs ofthe nation and its unity. The oriflamme was in the first place—about a. d. 630—a sacred banner to be carriedin processions by the monks ofthe Abbey ofSt. Denis, near Paris ;… … FIG. 4G.—The oriflamme of St. Denis in the form employed inthe thirteenth century. In later times there were only twopoints to the pennon-tail. ner had a local meaning only. But abouta. d. 1100 the Kingj of France held this officeand the lands, and the banner became, in thisway, his banner, and in…
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