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Dictionary of Vexillology: Z (Ziggurat - Zupa Gaiferia)

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ZIGGURAT
ZIGZAG
ZIGZAG BORDER
ZULFIKAR (or ZULFIQAR)
ZUPA GAIFERIA

ZIGGURAT

The term for a stepped pyramid – but see ‘stepped’ and the following note.

Flag and Arms of Argeriz, Portugal (Antonio Martins) (fotw)

Please note that (strictly speaking) this term should only apply to pyramids of a South American origin, and that the terms “stepped” or “stepped pyramid” should be used for early Egyptian structures of this general type as referenced above.

ZIGZAG

See ‘serrated 3)’.

Civil Ensign of Taiwan 1929-1966 (fotw)

ZIGZAG BORDER

See ‘flammulets 2)’ and ‘wolf's teeth 1).’

Royal Standard of Yugoslavia c1925 – 1937 (fotw

ZULFIKAR (or ZULFIQAR)

A term for the split-bladed or double-pointed “Sword of Ali” (originally a symbol of - the Janissaries - an elite military formation of the Ottoman Empire) that has appeared on several Arab flags - a zulfiqar (see also ‘shahada’ and ‘takbir’).

Standard of the Bey of Tunis c1860 - 1957 (fotw); Standard of the Bey of Constantine c1836 (fotw); Flag of the Great Admiral of The Porte, Ottoman Empire 19thC (fotw)

ZUPA GAIFERIA

A medieval term, now obsolete, for the symbols (the flag and arms etc) of a society or of a state.

Please note that the information given above must be considered to a certain degree speculative, and it is suggested that it might be a Latinised version of an original term of uncertain origin.

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