Vexillology

Vexillology () is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general. The word is a synthesis of the Latin word vexillum (which refers to a kind of square flag which was carried by Roman cavalry) and the Greek suffix -logia ("study"). The first known usage of the word vexillology was in 1959.A person who studies flags is a vexillologist, one who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of flag-designing is called vexillography. One who is a hobbyist or general admirer of flags is a vexillophile.

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PILAR: Institute of Social Sciences Ivo Pilar · 30 October 2009 Croatian

Takvi simboli zabilježeni su već u egipatskoj i babilonskoj civili- zaciji, a još su poznatiji rimski veksili, a pojavljuju se i do suvremenog doba, primjerice u vrijeme Napoleona ili u …

SOUTHwOrTH, c., HEIMEr, Ž. (2005. –), Dictionary of vexillology. FOTw – Flags of the World, http://www.crwflags


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