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Definition of Gonfalons
1. gonfalon [n] - See also: gonfalon
Lexicographical Neighbors of Gonfalons
Literary usage of Gonfalons
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Historic Note-book: With an Appendix of Battles by Ebenezer Cobham Brewer (1903)
"The quarters were named from the four chief churches (Santo Spirito, Santa Croce,
Santa Maria Novella, and San Giovanni) ; the gonfalons were named after ..."
2. Renaissance in Italy: The Fine Arts by John Addington Symonds (1906)
"Each of these four quarters is divided into four gonfalons, named after the
different animals or other things they carry painted on their ensigns. ..."
3. Renaissance in Italy by John Addington Symonds, ( (1898)
"Each of these four quarters is divided into four gonfalons, named after the ...
The quarter of Santo Spirito includes the gonfalons of the Ladder, ..."
4. History of Florence from the Earliest Times to the Death of Lorenzo the by Niccolò Machiavelli (1901)
"Finding their labor at this point fruitless, they endeavored to force the Rubaconte
Bridge, but no better success resulting, they left four gonfalons in ..."
5. The World's Great Classics by Timothy Dwight, Julian Hawthorne (1901)
"Finding their labor at this point fruitless, they endeavored to force the Rubaconte
Bridge, but no better success resulting, they left four gonfalons in ..."
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