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/* From Literature */
Included here are only those quotes that describe the appearance of banners. I have omitted those quotes that just describe the banner as golden. <br>
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====Bede – Ecclesiastical History of the English People, 731AD====
* 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." [SELLAR 1907]
====The Song of Roland, 1040-115AD====
*Verse 39
:<span style="font-style: italic; color: green">"They held Valentian lances, and shield on shoulder wore. <br>