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Vexillology is the "scientific study of the history, symbolism and usage of flags or, by extension, any interest in flags in general".〔Smith, Whitney. ''Flags Through the Ages and Across the World'' New York: McGraw-Hill, 1975. Print.〕 The word is a synthesis of the Latin word ''vexillum'' ("flag") and the Greek suffix ''-logia'' ("study"). The constitution of the International Federation of Vexillological Associations (known by its French acronym, FIAV) formally defines vexillology as "the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge".〔 (International Federation of Vexillological Associations ) 〕 ==History== The term was conceived in 1957 by the U.S. scholar and student of flags Whitney Smith and first appeared in print in 1959 (12). It was originally considered a sub-discipline of heraldry,〔 and is still occasionally regarded as such. A person who studies flags is a ''vexillologist;'' ''vexillography'' is the art of designing flags; one who does so is a ''vexillographer;'' an admirer of flags is a ''vexillophile.'' Since 1965, an International Congress of Vexillology (ICV) has been organized every two years under the auspices of FIAV. The 2013 ICV was in Rotterdam, Netherlands. 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「Vexillology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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