Flagging Heraldry

Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo l



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo h



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo j



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo k



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo f



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo g



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo e



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo b



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo a



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo d



Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo i


Holy Roman Empire Coats of Arms duo c

It's not often - thankfully, for all our sakes - that I get to quote myself, but an uncoloured version of this work was referenced on BibliOdyssey previously, and the information is still relevant:

Wapen. Des Heyligen Römischen Reichs Teutscher Nation' or Koebel's Wappenbuch (Coat of Arms book) is interesting because the heraldic symbols are all featured on flags - although perhaps not so obviously with the two example images - held aloft by the mercenaries known as Landsknechts (seen recently). Published in 1545 by Jacob Koebel, this rare wappenbuch features around one hundred and fifty full page illustrations (by Jacob Kallenberg - monogramme: 'IK') of the puffy shirt-wearing, armour-clad flag bearers; and in passing, I noted a subsequent edition from the late 16th century selling for ~€4000. The complete book is available online at the Bavarian State Library. [via Archivalia]


The heraldic emblem flags seen above display distinguishing elements from the coats of arms of the nobility from the German peoples of the Holy Roman Empire. The flags represent Germanic princes and barons and knights and cities and earls and electors. The publication includes blazons: descriptions employing the grammar of heraldry that will have outlined the colours to be applied by the manuscript painter(s).

The Wikipedia article on vexillology tells us that flags and the study of flags was originally (and still is, in some senses) a "sub-discipline" of heraldry.

Two girls at the beach, Portugal, 1930

Click image for 897 x 1284 size. Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Great Britain stamp: King George VI coronation, 1937


"c. 1937, in honor of the coronation of King George VI at Westminster Abbey on May 12th, 1937

designed by Edmund Dulac, based on portrait photography by Dorothy Wilding

rejected designs and sketches by Eric Gill"

Flapper at the beach, Portugal, 1930

Click image for 530 x 1064 size. Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Sunbathing in Portugal, 1930

Click image for 1069 x 568 size. Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Sunbathers in Portugal, 1930

Click image for 1067 x 539 size. Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Martha Mansfield



Martha Mansfield , originally uploaded by ondiraiduveau.

Georges Fangeau


Dans un post assez ancien, je présentais, entre autres, un dessin de Georges Fangeau, lançant une bouteille à la mer afin d'obtenir des informations sur cette artiste. C'est avec une grande joie qu'en consultant mes messages il y a quelques jours je découvris un email de son fils qui me transmis des informations sur son père. Qu'il en soit ici remercié! J'espère bien qu'un jour un petit fascicule, un ouvrage, une exposition, mettront en avant le travail de Georges Fangeau.

Georges Fangeau (1919-2008). Né à Béziers, Georges Fangeau a effectué ses études à Paris. Il a débuté comme dessinateur de presse en 1945, aux côtés de Faizant (entre autres), avant de se tourner vers d'autres activités. Il a repris le dessin à partir des années '80, et a publié régulièrement dans 'l'Agathois', hebdomadaire local. Dessinateur prolifique, le journal continue aujourd'hui de publier des inédits qu'il lui avait laissés. Il dessinait au crayon, puis à la plume.
Après son décès, j'ai déposé la plus grande partie de ses originaux et esquisses au service des archives de la ville d'Agde (34), avec pour mission (qui a dit "impossible"?) de les classer et d'en assurer une présentation au public.
J'ai cependant conservé quelques dizaines de ses dessins, de diverses époques.

Un grand merci à Gérard Fangeau.



Black silk pajama, 1930

Click image for 544 x 1074 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Society miss at the Estoril beach, Portugal, wearing a black silk pajama.

Illustration by Tom, 1930

Click image for 808 x 603 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 111, August 1 1930.

Brazilian born artist Thomaz de Mello (Tom).

Millard Sheets, San Dimas Train Station, c. 1935


Sears Catalogue, 1926



1926 26, originally uploaded by iz_bakinog_ormara.

Ilustração, No. 111, August 1 1930 - 40

Click image for 657 x 875 size.

Portuguese theater actors Amélia Rey Colaço and Robles Monteiro, caricatured by Brazilian born artist Thomaz de Mello (Tom).

Album Pintoresco de la Republica Mexicana

Picturesque Album of the Mexican Republic


Vista de la bahia de Acapulco
Vista de la bahia de Acapulco
(View of Acapulco Bay)



Vista de aguas calientes
Vista de Aguas Calientes
(View of the city of Aquascalientes)



Paseo de Las Vigas Mexico
Paseo de Las Vigas Mexico
[um, this {T}?]



Vista del panorama de Mexico
Vista del panorama de Mexico
(Panoramic view of Mexico City - one of a number in the album)



cowboys and view of Guanajuato
Arrieros - Vista general de Guanajuato
Horsemen and general view of Guanajuato
(either the city itself or part of the eponymous state)


Battala del Sacramento
Battala del Sacramento
A scene from the Battle of the Sacramento (river) in the state
of Chihuahua from the American-Mexican war of 1847



Gente de tierra caliente vista general de Tampico
Gente de Tierra Caliente vista general de Tampico
(People from the general region of 'Tierra Caliente',
in front of a view of the city of Tampico, capital of Tamaulipas)



Interior de la Universidad de Mexico
Interior de la Universidad de Mexico
(Inside the University of Mexico)



Las tortilleras
Las tortilleras
(Tortilla makers)



Los rancheros. Vista general de Zacatecas
Los rancheros. Vista general de Zacatecas
(Ranchers or cattlemen, with view from the state of Zacatecas)



Vista del Panteon de Sa. Paola en Mejico
Vista del Panteon de Sa. Paola en Mejico
UPDATE: Will & Aurore have kindly written to say that the Panteon (pantheon) Santa Paola is located in Mexico City and the writing immediately below here - which I won't remove - is incorrect. See this page [T] at Mexicomaxico.


(Online references are somewhat ambiguous, but I've decided to believe [wrongly, as it turns out] until otherwise advised - that this view of the Panteon (Pantheon) of Santa Paola is located in the state of Guanajuato.

Excavation of the Santa Paola cemetery site began in 1865 and mummies were found that have been incorporated into something of a memento mori*- and/or dia de los muertos inspired tradition and tourist attraction : The Mummies of Guanajuato. Flickr set from January 2011: Panteón de Santa Paula en Guanajuato. I believe the ossuary* building is located in the cemetery grounds. {alternatively, but less likely, it *might* be this})




'Album Pintoresco de la Republica Mexicana' was published in about 1850 by Julio Michaud & Thomas. The author (and one of the illustrators) is recorded as Pierre Frédéric Lehnert. Other contributing artists include: F Bastin, Chénot, and Urbano Lopez. The album consists of 45 lithographs, some modelled after original war paintings by Carl Nebel and Pedro Gualdi.

A first edition of the album is apparently very rare, listed at €11,000 at one site. I say 'apparently' because the publishing history is complicated with various editions, and varying numbers of illustrations, issued in the early 1850s. Or so it seems.

'Album Pintoresco de la Republica Mexicana' is available from Southern Methodist University, Central University Libraries, DeGolyer Library
. Thanks CB.

Previously: Mexico.

title page from Mexican album of lithographs 1850

Sisters G : Karla Gutchrlein


Cover by Ilberino dos Santos, 1930

Click image for 1103 x 1502 size. Cover of Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

Queen of Portugal Maria Amélia, 1930

Click image for 804 x 870 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 112, August 16 1930.

The Ball of the Empire, 1930

Click image for 1033 x 813 size. Scanned from Portuguese magazine Ilustração, No. 110, July 16, 1930.

Foto Sasha, London: models representing Sheffield Cuttlery in the Ball of the Empire, in the British industries parade, in the Albert Hall of London, organized by the British Legion. From left to right: Lucy Feord, Marjories Lancaster, Victoria Yates, Marjorie Heal and Gladys Godwin.

Ilustração, No. 109, July 1 1930 - 42a

Tijuana Bible en allemand??

Je fais encore une fois appel à la culture de mes chères lectrices et de mes chers lecteurs pour me venir en aide. Peut-on dire que ce petit fascicule (11,5 cm x 8,30 cm) en allemand entre dans la catégorie des Tijuana Bibles? Quelqu'un a-t-il déjà vu des comics pornos de ce type écrits en allemand? Vos avis sont les bienvenus! En attendant, rincez vous bien les yeux...