Banner (detail), known as the Fetternear Banner

This detail shows the lower section on the reverse side of the Fetternear Banner. The banner was made around 1520 and was preserved in the 19th century at Fetternear, near Aberdeen. It is the only known church banner to survive from Medieval Scotland.

The blue and yellow coat of arms in the middle border is of Alexander Graham of Fintry in Stirlingshire. He was one of the four kirkmasters of the Confraternity of the Holy Blood.

The banner was probably embroidered professionally by members of the embroiderers' craft guild. It was made for a group known as the Confraternity of the Holy Blood who worshipped in St Giles' Cathedral in Edinburgh.

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Online ID:	000-190-000-728-C
Image Rights Holder:	National Museums Scotland
Project:	0098: National Museums Scotland Project description \| View all records in project
Ref:	National Museums Scotland H.LF 23
Date:	Around 1520 c. 1520
Material:	Linen; silk embroidery. Inscription: Top left corner: arms of Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld; lower border: arms of a member of the Graham family
Dimensions:	1880 mm H x 960 mm W x 110 mm Th
What:	Banner
Subject:	Banners, flags (NMAS Classification)
Who:	Confraternity of the Holy Blood of St Giles' Collegiate Kirk (Probable owner) Gavin Douglas, Bishop of Dunkeld Graham family (Possible commissioner of banner)
Where:	Scotland Scotland, Aberdeenshire, Fetternear
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Description:	Fetternear banner made from linen embroidered with multicoloured silks, probably owned by the Confraternity of the Holy Blood of St Giles' Collegiate Kirk, Edinburgh, made in Scotland c. 1520
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