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A banner is a flag or other piece of cloth bearing a symbol, logo, slogan or other message. A flag whose design is the same as the shield in a coat of arms (but usually in a square or rectangular shape) is called a banner of arms. Banner-making is an ancient craft. Church banners commonly portray the saint to whom the church is dedicated. The word derives from French word "bannière" and late Latin ''bandum'', a cloth out of which a flag is made ((ラテン語:banderia), (イタリア語:bandiera), (ポルトガル語:bandeira), (スペイン語:bandera)). The German language developed the word to mean an official edict or proclamation and since such written orders often prohibited some form of human activity, ''bandum'' assumed the meaning of a ban, control, interdict or excommunication. ''Banns'' has the same origin meaning an official proclamation, and ''abandon'' means to change loyalty or disobey orders, semantically "to leave the cloth or flag". ==Heraldic banners== A heraldic banner, also called ''banner of arms'', displays the basic coat of arms only: i.e. it contains the design usually displayed on the shield and omits the crest, helmet or coronet, mantling, supporters, motto or any other elements associated with the coat of arms (for further details of these elements, see heraldry). A heraldic banner is usually square or rectangular. A distinction exists between the heraldic banner and the heraldic standard. The distinction, however, is often misunderstood or ignored. For example the Royal Standard of the United Kingdom is in fact a banner of the royal arms. File:Royal Coat of Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg|The full armorial achievement of the arms of the Kingdom of Scotland (before the Union of the Crowns) File:Royal Arms of the Kingdom of Scotland.svg|The arms as depicted on the escutcheon. File:Lionrampant.svg|The Royal Standard of Scotland: the banner of the King of Scots File:Wolsey banner.jpg|Banner of Cardinal Wolsey == Banners in a religious context == The prophet Isaiah was commanded to raise a banner and exalt his voice (). Habakkuk received a similar order to write a vision upon tables that could be read by one who runs past it (). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「banner」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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