gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

The people under their great gonfalon and the standards of the companies, led by the Medici and Rondinelli, stormed one position after another, forcing the defenders to surrender.

From The Story of Florence by Gardner, Edmund G.

The title of “gonfalonier,” the bearer of the gonfalon, was in the middle ages both military and civil.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" by Various

That next the royal gonfalon, which stirred   By fluttering wind, is borne towards the mount,   Which on green field, three pinions of a bird   Bears agent, speaks Sir Richard, Warwick's count.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart

The gonfalon might flutter, and the knight, with all his train, ride stately amidst the white range of tents; the archer might lean upon his bow and gaze upon the splendour of the host.

From William Shakespeare as he lived. An Historical Tale by Curling, Henry