gonfalon

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The shirt was a gonfalon of the future.

From Time Magazine Archive

Gonfalonier′, one who bears a gonfalon: the chief magistrate in many Italian cities because of his bearing this flag.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 2 of 4: E-M) by Various

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

Herman, the lord of Forbes, conducts that band,   And stripes his gonfalon with black and white;   With Errol's earl upon his better hand,   Who on a field of green displays a light.

From Orlando Furioso by Rose, William Stewart

The gonfalon, or great banner of the city, was displayed with the utmost pomp.

From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 06 (From Barbarossa to Dante) by Horne, Charles F. (Charles Francis)