Gonfalone

The Gonfanon ( from Italian gonfalone, port. gonfalào, sp. Confalon, gonfalon French, all from altfränk. Gundfano (, battle flag ')) denotes a rectangular flags of banner or the Middle Ages, the blowing of a vertical rod and the the flying end of several strips or bands is. Today, it refers to the particular church banner.

Operation and representation

Gonfanons were used mostly by Italian republics as well as in religious processions. But they also served as a battle flags of chivalry, from which then developed the equestrian species.

This is also the church banners developed which are lecture or processional banners. They differ in their size and that they are also available without Hängel. They are with double locking latch and flag bar shown (behind the screen). The use of the coat of arms is rare ( typically it is an emblem of the Count Palatine of Tübingen and Montfort ), but possible as gems.

In Italy, the Gonfanon is accidentally also sometimes called Ombrellino. The misunderstanding arose from the fact that on papal Gonfanones sometimes Ombrellini were shown.

Examples

• As a rider Banner

A church flag, quartered red and silver, on a lance in natural colors, oblique ( Bishopric of Würzburg)

• Church banner

By Montfort type (Vorarlberg AT)

Naturalistic ( Montebuono IT)

Naturalistic ( Senarica IT)