| gonfalon May 2nd 2013, 00:03 | | | | Line 15: | Line 15: | | | #* '''1667''', [[w:John Milton|John Milton]], [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_%281667%29/Book_V ''Paradise Lost''], book 5, lines 588–590: | | #* '''1667''', [[w:John Milton|John Milton]], [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost_%281667%29/Book_V ''Paradise Lost''], book 5, lines 588–590: | | | #*: Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd,<br>Standards, and '''Gonfalons''' twixt Van and Reare<br>Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve | | #*: Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd,<br>Standards, and '''Gonfalons''' twixt Van and Reare<br>Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve | | | + | #* '''1922''', [[w:Clark Ashton Smith|Clark Ashton Smith]], [http://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Quest ''Quest'']: | | | + | #*: With vermilion leaf or bronze—<br>Tatters of gorgeous '''gonfalons'''— | | | | | | | | ====Translations==== | | ====Translations==== |
Latest revision as of 00:03, 2 May 2013 English [edit] Alternative forms [edit] Etymology [edit] From Italian gonfalone. gonfalon (plural gonfalons) - A standard or ensign, consisting of a pole with a crosspiece from which a banner is suspended, especially as used in church processions, but also for civic and military display.
- 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, book 5, lines 588–590:
- Ten thousand thousand Ensignes high advanc'd,
Standards, and Gonfalons twixt Van and Reare
Streame in the Aire, and for distinction serve
- 1922, Clark Ashton Smith, Quest:
- With vermilion leaf or bronze—
Tatters of gorgeous gonfalons—
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