Oriflamme

At the various theaters patriotic pieces had been played, and notably the 'Oriflamme' at the

Complete Project Gutenberg Collection of Memoirs of Napoleon Various

The "Oriflamme", originally the banner of the abbey, became the standard of the kings of France and was suspended above the high altar, whence it was only removed when the king took the field in person.

The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913

'Oriflamme' at the Opera, a very trivial circumstance apparently, but which nevertheless acted very powerfully on the minds of enthusiasts, and for this reason was not to be disdained.

Recollections of the private life of Napoleon Wairy, Louis Constant, 1778-1845 1895

At the various theaters patriotic pieces had been played, and notably the 'Oriflamme' at the

Recollections of the Private Life of Napoleon — Complete Louis Constant Wairy 1811

It were inconsistent to think so, since even the Oriflamme itself — the great banner of France, to which the royal Richard himself, in respect of his French possessions, is but a vassal — holds for the present an inferior place to the Lions of

The Talisman 2008

Louis is indeed no hero, but he is a cautious and skilful general, more to be dreaded, perhaps, in these politic days, than if Charlemagne could again raise the Oriflamme, surrounded by Roland and all his paladins.

Anne of Geierstein 2008

It was now that, while the military ardour of the company augmented with each flagon which they emptied, Cunningham called on them to drink the speedy hoisting of the Oriflamme, the royal banner of France.

Quentin Durward 2008

Here, by means of a clever autonomasia which went back to the sources and causes of crime, the district-attorney thundered against the immorality of the romantic school, then dawning under the name of the Satanic school, which had been bestowed upon it by the critics of the Quotidienne and the Oriflamme; he attributed, not without some probability, to the influence of this perverse literature the crime of

Les Miserables 2008

It is sometimes confused with the French king's royal standard gold fleur-de-lis on blue, which the Oriflamme often accompanied in major campaigns.

Archive 2007-05-27 de Brantigny........................ 2007

One of many accounts, described the Oriflamme as a crimson silk vexillum with three tails, green fringe, and tassels.

Archive 2007-05-27 de Brantigny........................ 2007