Thursday, 3 February 2011

William the Bastard's Papal Banner


Another one flag post for today, this time we have my version of William the Bastard, the Duke of Normandy's Papal banner. I've taken the flag from the only source the Bayeux Tapastry, The only pictures I could find online were not great, so there's a little artistic liceanse used, but so what the tapastry was made some 10 years, (approx) after the battle, and there seems to be no end of speculation as to who and where it was made.
The banner itself was carried by Eustace of Boulogne and was given to the future king of England by the pope, Alexander II to battle the so called usurper Harold Godwinson.
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9 comments:

  1. Anonymous3 February 2011 at 13:08

    Very nice artistic licence flags there, now get back to work.

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  2. Ray Rousell3 February 2011 at 13:10

    bugger off

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  3. The Angry Lurker3 February 2011 at 13:27

    Bugger off yourself Ironsides.

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  4. War Minister Crittumbo3 February 2011 at 14:02

    Very nice, and bugger off everybody who says bugger off... 8^0

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  5. Kicking Rocks3 February 2011 at 15:55

    buggity bug bug bugger.

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  6. phil3 February 2011 at 20:32

    William The Bastard eh?
    You'd have thought his parent could have thought up a better surname than that!

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  7. G3 February 2011 at 21:03

    Good work although I love your Sir Rhys ap Thomas Flag the best

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  8. SuciƓ Sanchez3 February 2011 at 22:35

    Looks good. Do you think one day you could post shots of a battlefield layout?

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  9. Ray Rousell18 February 2011 at 19:34

    I'll try, one day........

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