ed. F. Moschi (1596), p. 118: vexillum bipartitum ex albo & nigro, quod nominant bauceant, praevium habentes: eo quod Christi amicis candidi sunt, & benigni: nigri autem & terribiles inimicis. ;
trans. Aubrey Stewart, The history of Jerusalem, A.D. 1180, Palestine Pilgrims' Text Society (1896), p. 52.:
«They were lions in war, and gentle as lambs at home; in the field they were fierce soldiers, in church they were like hermits and monks; they were harsh and savage to the enemires of Christ, but kindly and gracious to Christians. They had a black and white banner, which they called Bauceant, borne before them, signifying that they are fair and kindly to their friends, but black and terrible to their enemies.»
c.f. Archibald Barrington, A Familiar Introduction to Heraldry (1848), p. 121.
Konrad Schottmüller, Der Untergang des Templer-ordens: Mit urkundlichen und kritischen Beiträgen (1887), 74-78, citing Friedrich Münter, Statutenbuch des Ordens der Tempelherren (1794).
Gustav Weil, Biblische legenden der muselmänner, English translation 1863, p. 70:
«Alexander was the lord of light and darkness, when he went out with his army the light was before him, and behind him was the darkness, so that he was secure against all ambuscades; and by means of a miraculous white and black standard he had also the power to transform the clearest day into midnight and darkness, or black night into noonday, just as he unfurled the one or the other. Thus he was unconquerable, since he rendered his troops invisible at his pleasure, and came down suddenly upon his foes. Might there not have been some connection between the mythical white and black standard of Alexander and the Beauseant of the Templars? We know that the latter were familiar with Oriental symbolism.»
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