Dictionary of Vexillology: A (Ascending Diagonal – Attributed Flag) (original) (raw)

ASCENDING DIAGONAL

1. The term for a diagonal stripe that runs from the lower hoist corner to the upper fly corner, and which centres on the corners of the flag – a bend sinister, rising diagonal, fly-diagonal, left diagonal or left diagonal bar – but see bend sinister and ‘Appendix IX’ (also east-west diagonal, north-east diagonal, north-south diagonal, south-east diagonal, south-north diagonal, west-east diagonal west-north diagonal and west-south diagonal).

2. The term may also be used to describe the division line on a bicolour divided diagonally as shown below – but see per bend sinister 1) (also bicolour 1) anddescending diagonal).

National Flag of Tanzania; National Flag of the Solomon Islands; Flag of Acre, Brazil

ASHOKA CHAKRA (or CHAKKRA)

See chakra.

Buddhist Flag, Thailand

ASKLEPIAN (or ASKLEPIAN STAFF)

See staff of asclepius.

Flag and Emblem of the 52nd Field Ambulance, Canada

ASPECT RATIO

See proportions.

ASTRAL CROWN

In UK and some other usage, a coronet based on the naval model, but composed of wings and stars, and representative of the military air service (see also coronet and naval crown).

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Officers Commanding in Chief RAF, UK; UK Pattern Astral Crown (Martin Grieve);Commandant-General RAF Regiment, UK

ASYMMETRIC LEFT (or SINISTER) STEPPED

See stepped gonfalon.

ASYMMETRIC RIGHT (or DEXTER) STEPPED

See stepped gonfalon.

ATHLETICS' (or ATHLETIC) CROSS

See cross of athletics

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_Flag of the [Albis Steam Shipping Company](dehfa1.html#daga) 1897, Germany_

AT THE DIP

See dip, at the

AT THE FORE

See fore, at the

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Flag of a Vice-Admiral 1864–1898, UK

AT THE LEECH

See leech.

AT THE MAIN

See main, at the

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_Flag of an [Admiral 1853](ahadm.html#1853a), Austria/Hungary_

AT THE MASTHEAD

See masthead, at the

AT THE MIZZEN

See mizzen, at the

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Flag of a Rear-Admiral 1864–1898, UK

AT THE PEAK (or AT THE PEAK OF THE GAFF)

See peak 1) (also gaff).

ATTIRE(S)

The heraldic term for an antler (or a pair or group of antlers) from a stag, when shown separately – but see attired below.

Flag of Oberrüti, Switzerland; Flag of Balingen, Germany; Flag of Glattfelden, Switzerland

ATTIRED

The heraldic term used when the antlers of a stag, or the horns of some other animal – for example a goat – are shown in a different tincture from that of its body – accorné – see ‘attire’ above (also armed 2), beaked, gorged, jelloped,langued, membered and tincture).

Flag of Forel, Switzerland; Flag of Gävleborg, Sweden; Flag of Espadanedo, Portugal

ATTRIBUTED ARMS

The heraldic term for that coat of arms which was assigned to a person whose lifetime predated the introduction of heraldic symbolism, or for whom there is no evidence that any such arms were either granted or assumed (see also attributed flag).

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Attributed Arms of King Edward the Confessor 1042–1066, England (Wikimedia)

ATTRIBUTED FLAG

The term for a flag, or the illustration of such a flag, that is attributed to a particular historical person or entity, but for which no real evidence of actual use exists (see also attributed arms,putative flag, reconstruction and suppositious flag).

Attributed Flag of Macedonia 1921–1923 (Macedonian Documents)