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Dictionary of Vexillology: A (Alfaquaquus – American War Mothers Flag)

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ALFAQUAQUUS
ALFERES (or ALFEROUS)
ALIGHT
ALLEGORY (or ALLEGORICAL)
ALL SEEING EYE OF GOD
ALLUSIVE ARMS
ALTEMA
ALTERNATIVE FLAG/ENSIGN (or ALTERNATE FLAG/ENSIGN)
AMALGAM (or AMALGAM LANGUAGE) FLAGS
AMARANTH
AMBASSADOR'S (or AMBASSADORIAL) FLAG
AMERICAN WAR MOTHERS FLAG

ALFAQUAQUUS

The medieval term, now obsolete, for a person who is entitled to carry his banner erect on the King’s highway.

Please note that this word is recorded as having a Spanish origin (which remains unproven) however, the extent to which it was used in English medieval manuscripts is not known.

ALFERES (or ALFEROUS)

Late 17th early 18th century terms, now obsolete, for a ‘standard bearer’.

Alferous/Standard Bearers c. 17th c. (Wikipedia)

Notes
a) It is suggested that the alternative form was sometimes used in medieval manuscripts
b) There is a possible relationship between this term and the Spanish military rank of alférez or ensign (see also ‘ensign 5)’.

ALIGHT

In heraldry see ‘flamant’.

Arms and Flag of Torres Vedras, Portugal

ALLEGORY (or ALLEGORICAL)

The terms covering a pictorial illustration with a symbolic meaning, and whose imagery is usually intended to convey a moral and/or political message – see ‘anti-heraldry’.

Flag of the State of Virginia, US; Jack of the Batavian Republic 1797, The Netherlands; Flag of Richmond 1914–1933, US

ALL-SEEING EYE OF GOD

See ‘Eye of God’.

Flag of Goppisberg Switzerland; Arms of Radzymin, Poland

ALLUSIVE ARMS

An alternative heraldic term to canting – see ‘canting’.

Arms and Flag of Magdeburg (or Maiden-Town), Germany

ALTEMA

A medieval term, now obsolete, for the upper part of the cart upon which the standard was placed (see also ‘carrocium’, ‘gajardus’ and ‘standard 6)’).

ALTERNATIVE FLAG/ENSIGN (or ALTERNATE FLAG/ENSIGN)

The terms used to describe any flag or ensign (either official or unofficial) being presented as an alternative to that which is generally accepted (or officially established) for a particular role.

National Flag/Civil Ensign as regulated, and Alternative Civil Ensign of the United Arab Emirates

AMALGAM (or AMALGAM LANGUAGE) FLAGS