Processional banner Confraternity of Saint Joseph

These standards, generally rather large, are cut from rich fabric in a rectangular design, with the bottom part either ending in points or indented. Such banners preferably depicted a painted or embroidered image of the Virgin or one of the saints, or a representation of the Blessed Sacrament (chalice and host).
The examples in the Museum of Christian Art collection are from the churches of Orlim and Assolna, and show the commonest type of standard. They hang from horizontal staffs with knobs at the ends, galloons and two thick cordons ending in large tassles, used for both decoration and as guides to help the two members of the order who carried the Standard. The patron saints of the brotherhoods were present in the simple embroidered relief images, where the face and hands were made of ivory.