I am using the Jinja environment .from_string() method to create my
templates from a strings stored in a database.
This is working well, but I would like to be able to include
templates--such as perhaps a common template for the header, a common
template for the footer, etc.
The Jinja Include
You'll want to write your own Loader:
http://jinja.pocoo.org/docs/dev/api/#loaders
"Different loaders are available and you can also write your own if you
want to load templates from a database or other resources."
FunctionLoader might be an easy way to get started: