[MR] Q about period banners (fwd)

[Craig Levin]

Kateryn:

> Hello everyone,
> 
> I am wondering if anyone has documentation for period
> banners being made in the shape of a shield, rather
> than some variety of square/rectangle/pennant. I can't
> think of any, but don't want to make some Grand
> Statement (wink) in my documentation without doing
> some more checking! 

As far as I can tell, there's no documentation to that effect. It
sounds, though, like you might want to have a look at:

http://www.kwantlen.bc.ca/~donna/sca/flags/

Which is a *great* resource for scans of period pictures of flags
and suchlike.

> Related note, there are two very spiff 16th C Spanish
> velvet banners I've come across recently--one can be
> viewed online at the site for the Cincinnati art
> museum, and the other one is illustrated in the
> catalog of textiles at the Art Institute of Chicago. 
> Too cool...

Please post the links! I'd love to get the pictures for my own
studies. Thanks!

Pedro