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===Bede – Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 731AD===
{{Quote|50|*:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"His [King Edwin] dignity was so great throughout his dominions, that not only were his banners borne before him in battle, but even in time of peace,when he rode about his cities, townships, or provinces, with his thegns, the standard-bearer was always wont to go before him. Also, when he walked anywhere along the streets, that sort of banner which the Romans call Tufa, and the English, Thuuf, was in like manner borne before him. <br>|" [Project Gutenberg 2011]}}
{{Quote|50|* Osthryth, queen of the Mercians:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"...that there might be a perpetual memorial of the royal character of this holy man [King Oswald], they hung up over the monument his banner of gold and purple."|Osthryth, queen of the Mercians [Project Gutenberg 2011]}}
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===Capitulary of Charles the Bald, 843-877AD===
{{Quote|50|*:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">“Let our envoys (missi nostril) see that the troops of every bishop, abbot, and abbess, march forth properly equipped, and with their Gonfalonier (cum Guntfannonario).” |[Hewitt 1885: p.166]}}
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===Beowulf, c.1000AD===
{{Quote|50|*:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"High o'er his head they hoist the standard,<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">a gold-wove banner; let billows take him,<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">gave him to ocean."|[Fordham.edu]}}
{{Quote|50|*:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"To Beowulf gave the bairn of Healfdene<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">a gold-wove banner, guerdon of triumph,<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">broidered battle-flag"|[Fordham.edu]}}
{{Quote|50|*:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"His glance too fell on a gold-wove banner<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">high o'er the hoard, of handiwork noblest,<br>:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">brilliantly broidered; so bright its gleam,"|[Fordham.edu]}}
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