Vexillology ( VEK-sih-LOL-ə-jee) is the study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general.
A person who studies flags is called a vexillologist, a person who designs flags is a vexillographer, and the art of designing flags is called vexillography. A hobbyist or general admirer of flags is called a vexillophile.
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Alexander III Rota.png
Rota sul privilegio di papa Alessandro III per San Salvatore di Messina 1175
Anchor cross (bold).svg
anchored cross
Ankh (bold).svg
Egyptian ankh, fixed line width
Anuradhapura Cross-Vector.svg
A portrait illustration of the cross which was found in 1912 during excavations in Anuradhapura. It ...
Archangel's cross (bold).svg
Patriarchal cross (bold).svg: plus Calvary cross (bold).svg:
Archiepiscopal globus cruciger (bold).svg
Archbishop's variant of Globus cruciger (bold).svg:
Armcross.svg
Armenian_cross
ArmenianEternity.svg
"Armenian Eternity Sign found in the ARMSCII character encoding"
Astkreuz.svg
Azure, a bend Or.svg
Badge of the Wales Herald Extraordinary.svg
Badge of the Wales Herald of Arms Extraordinary, a herald extraordinary of the College of Arms. Appr...
Balkenkreuz.svg
Insignia of the German Armed Forces in WWII.
Banded globus cruciger (bold).svg
Globus cruciger (bold).svg: with the banding commonly seen in depictions
Banniel Breizh 1.0.svg
Ar Groaz Du, banniel kozh Breizh.
Blanc croix rouge.svg
White flag with French red cross; used by peasants during the Peasants' War of 1798
Blue left-handed Swastika.svg
Left-handed swastika. Drawn by Fibonacci.
Bolnisi cross.svg
Bolnisi cross
Broken crossed circle.svg
Bent-hooks swastika. It can be either sunwise or widdershins, although sunwise (right-facing, as abo...
Broken crossed circle 2.svg
Triskelion with three radial arms joining with arcs of an enclosing circle. Despite the filename, ...
Bulgarian Orthodox Cross.svg
Type of an Orthodox Christian cross, traditionally used in Bulgaria.