gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

St. Peter sits enthroned above; Charles and Leo kneel to right and left, in the act of receiving from the Apostle the pallium and the gonfalon, the symbols of their respective offices.

From Medieval Europe by Davis, H. W. C. (Henry William Carless)

In their midst was guarded the royal Dragon, that was the king's own gonfalon.

From Arthurian Chronicles: Roman de Brut by Mason, Eugene

To bear before Him, in its face unfurled, His gonfalon sublime!

From The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 16, No. 94, August, 1865 by Various

The fountain shone, the displayed Graces jetted their crystal store; from every window hung carpets, on every tower a gonfalon, from every church belfry came the riot of bells.

From Little Novels of Italy by Hewlett, Maurice Henry