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!inen, leather, and metal, produced a shrill whistling noise when the
wind blew through it. Signal Hags were also employed, to indicate
tactical maneuvers.
During the late Roman Empire the Hag banner was formed; it was
purple with gold fringes, decorated with an eagle 01 ciphers, and
hung from a crossbar like the later gonfalon. Byzantine Hags were a
continuation of the late Roman ones; they were often furnished with
the ciphers of Christ, then with the double-headed eagle of the
Palaeologs. They never attained a large size.
In the meantime, some new types of state and military ensigns had
developed in the Far East, particularly in Mongolia and China.
The nomadic Mongols, close neighbors of the Tui kish tribes, had
from antiquity used totemic standards that were a kind of vexilloid,
made of metal, wood, and animal hair the dcgA (tug), which will be
discussed in the next chapter. Along with these, the Mongols applied
to the typical cloth Hag (originating in ( Inna, the land of silk), then
emblems and symbols.
China had established its state symbol several centuries before our
era. "In battle all appears to be turmoil and confusion, wrote Sun
I zu in the seventh century B.c. in his AT Wa?, but Hags and
banners have prescribed arrangements. Certainly, a great mass of
buttering colors in all shapes and sizes and designs is far more
meaningful than decorative, for each Hag is a communication fiom
one human being or group of people to others. The piimordial rag
dipped in the blood of a conquered enemy and lifted high on a stick
— that wordless shout of victory and domination is a motif re-
peated millions of times in human existence, writes Dr. Whitney
Smith7 Thus the Chinese led in this development.
WT owe to the Chinese two characteristics of Hags that aie now
universal: their lateral attachment to the staff and a focus on the
cloth rather than on its pole and Hnial. In fact, this marked a turning
from a vexilloid to the real vexillum Hag. The growth of sericulture
(silk) in China, as early as the third millennium B.c., introduced the
possibility of a Hag that could be light in weight yet large and strong,
capable of being dyed or painted to achieve symbolic variations, and
reasonably durable in outdoor usage. In the Chinese army Hags
served to indicate rank, as a signal to soldiers, and were used to
terrorize the enemy. Flags were also employed by Chinese naval and
fishing boats and m religious processions. Chinese armies were tra-
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wind blew through it. Signal Hags were also employed, to indicate
tactical maneuvers.
During the late Roman Empire the Hag banner was formed; it was
purple with gold fringes, decorated with an eagle 01 ciphers, and
hung from a crossbar like the later gonfalon. Byzantine Hags were a
continuation of the late Roman ones; they were often furnished with
the ciphers of Christ, then with the double-headed eagle of the
Palaeologs. They never attained a large size.
In the meantime, some new types of state and military ensigns had
developed in the Far East, particularly in Mongolia and China.
The nomadic Mongols, close neighbors of the Tui kish tribes, had
from antiquity used totemic standards that were a kind of vexilloid,
made of metal, wood, and animal hair the dcgA (tug), which will be
discussed in the next chapter. Along with these, the Mongols applied
to the typical cloth Hag (originating in ( Inna, the land of silk), then
emblems and symbols.
China had established its state symbol several centuries before our
era. "In battle all appears to be turmoil and confusion, wrote Sun
I zu in the seventh century B.c. in his AT Wa?, but Hags and
banners have prescribed arrangements. Certainly, a great mass of
buttering colors in all shapes and sizes and designs is far more
meaningful than decorative, for each Hag is a communication fiom
one human being or group of people to others. The piimordial rag
dipped in the blood of a conquered enemy and lifted high on a stick
— that wordless shout of victory and domination is a motif re-
peated millions of times in human existence, writes Dr. Whitney
Smith7 Thus the Chinese led in this development.
WT owe to the Chinese two characteristics of Hags that aie now
universal: their lateral attachment to the staff and a focus on the
cloth rather than on its pole and Hnial. In fact, this marked a turning
from a vexilloid to the real vexillum Hag. The growth of sericulture
(silk) in China, as early as the third millennium B.c., introduced the
possibility of a Hag that could be light in weight yet large and strong,
capable of being dyed or painted to achieve symbolic variations, and
reasonably durable in outdoor usage. In the Chinese army Hags
served to indicate rank, as a signal to soldiers, and were used to
terrorize the enemy. Flags were also employed by Chinese naval and
fishing boats and m religious processions. Chinese armies were tra-
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