"Je vous salue, Marie".
Available on YouTube at
"Ave Maria".
Composed by Schubert.
Available on YouTube at
Tuesday 25 August 2015
The Universe.
"Let Those Who Have Eyes, See . . ."
Some of the most breathtaking views in The Universe are created by Nebulae — hot, glowing clouds of gas. This new NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope image shows the centre of The Lagoon Nebula, an object with a deceptively tranquil name, in the Constellation of Sagittarius. The region is filled with intense winds from hot Stars, churning funnels of gas, and energetic Star formation, all embedded within an intricate haze of gas and pitch-dark dust.
Image Credit: NASA, ESA, J. Trauger (Jet Propulson Laboratory).
Illustration: NASA
Wikipedia states that Charles Darwin promoted "Natural Selection" to explain things.
He described himself as an Agnostic.
Wikipedia states that Richard Dawkins is an Atheist, a patron of the British Humanist Association, and a supporter of the Brights Movement. He is well known for his criticism of
In his 1986 book, The Blind Watchmaker, Dawkins argues against the Watchmaker Analogy, an argument for the existence of a Supernatural Creator based upon the complexity of living organisms. Instead, he describes evolutionary processes as analogous to a blind watchmaker.
If you travel for 15,000 Light Years,
and if you go to the Constellation of Sagittarius,
you will see this.
It is the spectacular cosmic pairing of the Star "Hen 2-427" — more commonly known as
"WR 124" — and the nebula "M1-67", which surrounds it. Both objects, captured here
by the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope, are found in the Constellation of Sagittarius
and lie 15,000 light-years away.
The Star "Hen 2-427" shines brightly at the very centre of this explosive image,
and around the hot clumps of surrounding gas that are being ejected into Space
at over 93,210 miles (150,000 km) per hour.
Illustration: NASA
Charles Darwin promoted "Natural Selection" to explain things.
He described himself as "an Agnostic".
Although we are used to seeing Saturn's Moons lit directly by the Sun, sometimes we can catch them illuminated by "Saturn-Shine." Here, we see Saturn's Moon "Mimas" (upper right of The Rings of Saturn) lit by light reflected off of Saturn.
Illustration: NASA
Wikipedia states that Jainism believes The Universe is eternal
and has no need for a Creator Deity.
"Every time I hear a new-born baby cry . . ."
"I Believe",
by
The Bachelors.
Available on YouTube at
Monday 24 August 2015
"I Don't Mind If You Don't Like My Manners. I Don't Like Them Myself. They're Pretty Bad. I Grieve Over Them On Long Winter Evenings."
TAKE
A PACKARD . . .
1949 Packard Station Sedan.
Illustration; HEMMINGS DAILY
PLAY BACKGROUND MUSIC . . .
"Nightmare".
by Artie Shaw.
[The perfect Intro to . . .
you know whom.]
Available on YouTube at
ADD A DAME . . .
Lauren Bacall.
American Actress.
Illustration: THE NEW YORK TIMES
AND A DASH OF RYE . . .
Straight Rye Whiskey. Date: 2 September 2005 (original upload date). Source:
Transferred from en.wikipedia; Transferred to Commons by User:JohnnyMrNinja
(Wikimedia Commons). Whisky Tumblers Picture. Illustration: LUXDECO
PUT
ON A TRENCH COAT
Illustration: THE BOGIE FILM BLOG
AND
WHAT D'YER GET ?
Screenshot of Humphrey Bogart
from the trailer for the film Invisible Stripes.
Date:1939.
This File: 15 February 2008.
User: Rossrs~commonswiki.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Nightmare".
by Artie Shaw.
[The perfect Finale to . . .
you know whom.]
Available on YouTube at
Illustration: BUZZQUOTES
Plus Ça Change, Plus C’est La Même Chose.
The Right Reverend
Dom Prosper Guéranger, O.S.B.
(1805-1875),
Abbot of Solesmes Abbey,
France.
Artist: Claude-Ferdinand Gaillard (1874).
Photo: 7 May 2007 (original upload date).
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author: The original uploader was Ikanreed at English Wikipedia.
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Persecution, which has not yet relented in our regard, under the ever-varying depositaries of secular power, has retarded the publication of this volume far beyond our worst expectations. Our readers will, we trust, be good enough to believe that we regret these forced delays as much as they do.
"May we hope that they will please to remember us and our Monastic brethren in their Prayers to God, and thus aid us to bear the brunt of Hell's violence, so particularly directed against the sons of Dom Guéranger.
"We implore Our Lord to vouchsafe in return to pour upon our readers a share in the Blessings promised by Him to those who suffer for Justice' sake."
Fr. L. F., O.S.B.
Solesmes,
8 May 1888.
The above Text is
The Preface of
The Liturgical Year
Volume 12
Time After Pentecost
Book III.
8 May 1888.
Illustration: ANGELUS PRESS
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A personal friend of Louis Veuillot, Cardinal Pie, and Blessed Pope Pius IX, and staunch defender
of The Papacy as well as The Roman Liturgy, Dom Guéranger has written a work that
some have called "The Summa of The Liturgy". Essential for every Catholic
who loves the ancient Liturgy and The Life of Prayer.
Illustration: ANGELUS PRESS
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Blessed Pope Pius IX, in his Eulogy of Dom Guéranger,
credited him with three great accomplishments:
The revival of The Monastic Tradition in France;
Restoration of The Roman Liturgy and Gregorian Chant;
The Theological justification for two Dogmatic Definitions:
That of The Immaculate Conception;
And The Infallibility of The Roman Pontiff.
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Propers of Sunday Vespers.
Propers of First Vespers and Second Vespers for Feast Days.
Thorough commentary on all of this.
Introductions to each Season of The Liturgical Year.
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Sunday 23 August 2015
Art Nouveau.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
Poster design, by Louis John Rhead, advertising ‘Le Journal de la Beauté’, 1897.
Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE
Art Nouveau is an international philosophy and style of art, architecture and applied art – especially the decorative arts – that was most popular during 1890–1910. The English language uses the French name Art Nouveau ("New Art"), but the style has many different names in other countries. A reaction to academic art of the 19th-Century, it was inspired by natural forms and structures, not only in flowers and plants, but also in curved lines. Architects tried to harmonise with the natural environment.
Art Nouveau is considered a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts, including jewellery, furniture, textiles, household silver, and other utensils and lighting, as well as the fine arts. According to the philosophy of the style, art should be a way of life. For many well-off Europeans, it was possible to live in an Art Nouveau-inspired house with Art Nouveau furniture, silverware, fabrics, ceramics, including tableware, jewellery, cigarette cases, etc. Artists desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.
Art Nouveau is considered a "total" art style, embracing architecture, graphic art, interior design, and most of the decorative arts, including jewellery, furniture, textiles, household silver, and other utensils and lighting, as well as the fine arts. According to the philosophy of the style, art should be a way of life. For many well-off Europeans, it was possible to live in an Art Nouveau-inspired house with Art Nouveau furniture, silverware, fabrics, ceramics, including tableware, jewellery, cigarette cases, etc. Artists desired to combine the fine arts and applied arts, even for utilitarian objects.
Although Art Nouveau was replaced by 20th-Century Modernist styles, it is now considered as an important transition between the eclectic historic revival styles of the 19th-Century and Modernism.
English: Tour of Rodolphe Salis' Black Cat.
Français: Tournée du Chat Noir de Rodolphe Salis.
Poster of 1896.
Artist: Théophile Steinlen (1859–1923).
Current location: Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University,
New Jersey, United States of America.
Source/Photographer: BAEF9F-mDJvr0A at Google Cultural Institute.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Lefèvre-Utile Biscuits.
Français: Biscuits Lefèvre-Utile.
Artist: Alfons Mucha (1860–1939).
Date: 1897.
Current location: Private Collection.
Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center Museum, image 4433.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Maison de l'Art Nouveau (House of New Art) was the name of the gallery, initiated in 1895, by the German art dealer, Siegfried Bing, in Paris, that featured exclusively modern art. The fame of his gallery was increased at the 1900 Exposition Universelle, where he presented co-ordinated — in design and colour — installations of modern furniture, tapestries and objets d'art. These decorative displays became so strongly associated with the style, that the name of his gallery subsequently provided a commonly-used term for the entire style. Thus the term "Art Nouveau" was created.
Part of the evolution of Art Nouveau were several International Fairs, which presented buildings and products designed in the new style. So, the 1888 Barcelona Universal Exposition marks the beginning of the Modernisme, with some buildings of Lluís Domènech i Montaner. The Exposition Universelle of 1900, in Paris, presented an overview of the 'modern style' in every medium. It achieved further recognition at the Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna of 1902 in Turin, Italy, where designers exhibited from almost every European Country where Art Nouveau was practiced.
Tiffany Table Lamp.
Circa 1899-1902.
Tiffany Studios,
Tiffany Glass and Decorating Company.
Photo: November 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: User:Piotrus.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Table Lamp.
Circa 1900, by Louis Comfort Tiffany.
Photo: 30 September 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: sailko.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Many of these terms refer to the idea of "Newness". Before the term "Art Nouveau" became common in France, Le Style Moderne ("The Modern Style") was the more frequent designation. Arte joven ("Young Art"), in Spain, Modernisme, in Catalonia, Arte Nova, in Portugal ("New Art"), Arte Nuova, in Italy (also "New Art"), and Nieuwe Kunst, in The Netherlands.
In other cases, important examples, well-known artists, and associated locations influenced the names. Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances, for example, provided the term Style Métro, the popularity in Italy of Art Nouveau designs from London's Liberty & Co Department Store resulted in its being known as the Stile Liberty ("Liberty Style"), and, in The United States, it became known as the "Tiffany Style", due to its association with Louis Comfort Tiffany. In The United Kingdom, it is associated with the activities of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, in Glasgow, Scotland, and is often known as "The Glasgow" Style.
In other cases, important examples, well-known artists, and associated locations influenced the names. Hector Guimard's Paris Métro entrances, for example, provided the term Style Métro, the popularity in Italy of Art Nouveau designs from London's Liberty & Co Department Store resulted in its being known as the Stile Liberty ("Liberty Style"), and, in The United States, it became known as the "Tiffany Style", due to its association with Louis Comfort Tiffany. In The United Kingdom, it is associated with the activities of Charles Rennie Mackintosh, in Glasgow, Scotland, and is often known as "The Glasgow" Style.
Floral patterns by Stanisław Wyspiański (1869-1907).
Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE
Book-Cover of Arthur Mackmurdo "Wren's City Churches", 1883.
Often cited among Incunabula of Art Nouveau.
(Wikipedia)
The origins of Art Nouveau are found in the resistance of the artist William Morris to the cluttered compositions and the revival tendencies of the 19th-Century, and his theories that helped initiate The Arts And Crafts Movement. However, Arthur Mackmurdo's Book-Cover for Wren's City Churches (1883), with its rhythmic floral patterns, is often considered the first realisation of Art Nouveau.
About the same time, the flat perspective and strong colours of Japanese Wood Block Prints, especially those of Katsushika Hokusai, had a strong effect on the formulation of Art Nouveau. The Japonisme, that was popular in Europe during the 1880s and 1890s, was particularly influential on many artists with its organic forms and references to The Natural World.
Art Nouveau entrance
to the French Metro,
Paris, France.
Illustration: DIGITAL EDITIONS
Besides being adopted by artists like Emile Gallé and James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Japanese-inspired art and design was championed by the businessmen Siegfried Bing and Arthur Lasenby Liberty at their Departmental Stores, in Paris and London, respectively.
Glass Canopy, Metro Entrance at Abbesses, in Montmartre, Paris, France.
While you are exploring Art Nouveau Paris, don’t forget the Metro Station entrances designed by Hector Guimard. He designed two versions, with and without glass roofs. Paris erected 141 of his designs; today, 86 remain. There are only two of the glass-roofed varieties, one at Porte Dauphine and one at Abbesses. A reconstruction of one is also at the entrance to Châtelet.
The simpler style, and the one you will notice more in Paris, is the "Metropolitan" sign
embraced by two Lamp-Posts resembling plants, although I always think the orange lamps
look like alien eyes (see photo, below).
You can find this in many locations around the City (Parc Monceau, St. Michel, Cité,
Palais Royal-Musée du Louvre, Nation, Victor Hugo)
Illustration: TRAVEL BEYOND PARIS
Metro Entrance at Saint Michel,
in the Quartier Latin, Paris.
Illustration:
Poster for "Motocycles Comiot, Paris, 87 Boulevart, Gouvion St. Cyr",
from "Maîtres de l'Affiche" (Masters of the Poster).
Artist: Théophile Steinlen (1859-1923).
Date: 1899.
Source: Maîtres de l'Affiche (Masters of the Poster) refers to 256 colour lithographic plates
used to create an art publication during The Belle Époque, in Paris, France. The collection, reproduced from the original works of ninety-seven artists in a smaller
11 x 15 inch format, was put together by Jules Chéret, the father of poster art.
The varied selection of prints were sold in packages of four and delivered monthly to subscribers. On sixteen occasions during the selling period, between December 1895 through November 1900, the monthly package included a bonus of a specially created lithograph.
A complete set, in five volumes, was sold in 2014 for US$43,450.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Wing-Sleeved Wool Coat,
with Fur Trim.
Circa 1910-1920.
via Whitaker Auctions.
Illustration: ART NOUVEAU STYLE
Saturday 22 August 2015
Immaculate Heart Of The Blessed Virgin Mary. Feast Day 22 August.
Text from The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.
The Immaculate Heart of The Blessed Virgin Mary.
Feast Day 22 August.
Double of The Second-Class.
White Vestments.
The Blessed Virgin Mary.
And it is at the foot of The Mount of Olives, in a place where, about 1130, a Monastery of The Benedictine Monks of Cluny was built, that her mortal remains were laid and "she was carried up to Heaven" (Alleluia).
The Pilgrimages, made to this tomb, originated The Feast of the Assumption, which was already Solemnised in The East at the end of the 6th-Century A.D. At the beginning of the 7th-Century A.D., The Feast was also Solemnised at Rome, and it spread with The Roman Liturgy over The Whole West. Pope Leo IV instituted The Octave in 847 A.D.
The Virgin and Infant with Angels.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1900.
Current location: Petit Palais, Paris, France.
Source/Photographer: Art Renewal Center – description
Copied from the English Wikipedia to Commons.
(Wikipedia Commons)
"We have accompanied thee with all our Prayers, when thou didst ascend towards thy Son," says Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, "and we have at least followed thee at a distance, O Blessed Virgin ! May thy goodness make known to the World, the Grace bestowed on thee by God: Obtain by thy Holy Prayers, the forgiveness of the guilty, health for the sick, strength for weak Souls, consolation for the afflicted, help and deliverance for those in peril.
O Mary, Queen of Clemency, on this joyful Solemnity, may thy humble servants, who praise and invoke thy sweet name, be overwhelmed with Graces by Jesus Christ thy Son, Our Lord, Who is The Sovereign God, Blessed throughout the ages. Amen." [Fifth and Sixth Lessons at Matins.]
Let us honour Mary with special confidence during these Feasts, which celebrate her triumph.
Mass: Adeamus.
Commemoration: Saints Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian. Martyrs.
Commemoration: Saints Timothy, Hippolytus and Symphorian. Martyrs.
The Virgin and Infant of The Lilies.
Artist: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
Date: 1899.
Source: PaintingHere.com
Author: William-Adolphe Bouguereau (1825–1905).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Liturgical worship of "The Most Pure Heart of Mary" was suggested by The Fathers who commented The Canticle of Canticles; it was first joined to that of The Sacred Heart of Jesus, in the 17th-Century, by Saint John Eudes; however, it was only at the beginning of the 19th-Century that Pope Pius VII allowed some places to keep a Feast in its honour, on the Sunday after The Octave of her Assumption.
Blessed Pope Pius IX granted it a proper Mass and Divine Office (Mass: Omnis Gloria).
In other places it was kept on the Sunday, or, rather, (since the present Edition of The Roman Missal, made in 1920 in the spirit of Pope Saint Pius X) [Editor: This Text is from the 1945 Edition of The Saint Andrew Daily Missal.] on the Saturday after The Feast of The Sacred Heart of Jesus.
"Regina Caeli"
(Queen of Heaven).
By Marco Frisina.
Available on YouTube at
On 8 December 1942 [Editor: The Feast Day of The Immaculate Conception.], during the terrible World War, Pope Pius XII Consecrated the whole of mankind to "The Immaculate Heart of Mary"; consequently, he extended The Feast to The Universal Church and gave it a new Mass and Divine Office by Decree of 4 May 1944.
That Feast, of The Immaculate Heart, is fixed, not to a Sunday, but to the very Octave-Day of The Assumption: Mary in Heaven goes on interceding lovingly on our behalf. Her Heart is the symbol of the ardent love, which she fosters first for God and for her Divine Son (Epistle), but also of her maternal care for all human Souls, which Jesus entrusted her when He died (Gospel, Communion).
We exalt the particular Holiness of her Heart (Gradual, Offertory), and we Pray her (Introit, Collects) to obtain "Peace for all Nations, freedom for The Church, conversion for the sinners, and for all Faithful, love for Chastity and the practice of all Virtues" (Decree 4 May 1944).
The Blessed Virgin Mary
is Crowned Queen of Heaven
by Her Beloved Son,
Illustration: CALEFACTORY.ORG
The following Paragraph is from DRUMCREE PARISH
In the midst of The Second World War, Pope Pius XII made an Act of Consecration of The Church and The Whole World to The Immaculate Heart on 31 October 1942, which was then Solemnly proclaimed on 8 December 1942.
Two years later, by a Decree of 4 May 1944, The Holy Father extended The Feast of The Immaculate Heart of Mary to The Universal Church.
[Editor: Prior to which, 22 August had been "The Octave Day of The Assumption". Greater-Double. White Vestments.]
Saint Mary's Basilica, Cracow, Poland. The Church Of Our Lady Assumed Into Heaven.
Illustration: LA PORTE LATINE
Saint Mary's Basilica
(Church of Our Lady Assumed into Heaven),
Cracow, Poland.
Date: 2008.
Source: Own work.
Author: Pgkos
(Wikimedia Commons)
Saint Mary's Basilica.
Cracow, Poland.
Photo: 14 May 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: targeman
(Wikimedia Commons)
See how vibrantly The Young evangelise in the heart of Cracow.
Plus, see the beautiful Interior of Saint Mary's Basilica.
God Bless Cracow.
Available on YouTube at
The Nave,
Saint Mary's Basilica.
Cracow, Poland.
Photo: 2 April 2007.
Source: Own work.
Author: Bart Van den Bosch ( Wintermute314 ).
(Wikimedia Commons)
Gothic Altarpiece of Veit Stoss,
Saint Mary's Basilica,
Cracow, Poland.
Photo: 6 October 2006.
Source: Own work.
Author: Robert Breuer
(Wikimedia Commons)
"Salve Sancta Parens",
from the 13th-Century Gradual
of Eleanor of Brittany.
Sung by
Schola Cantorum Minorum Chosoviensis
at Saint Mary's Basilica.
Cracow, Poland.
Available on YouTube at
"Awake O Sleeper".
Sung by the Schola Mariacka
at
Saint Mary's Basilica.
Cracow, Poland.
Available on YouTube at
Friday 21 August 2015
The Empire Strikes Back. For Vexillologists, Everywhere.
Text from Wikipedia - the free encyclopaedia,
unless otherwise stated.
English: Flag of Hawaii.
Hawai`i: Ka hae Hawaiʻi.
Brezhoneg: Banniel Hawaii.
ᏣᎳᎩ: ᎭᏩᏱ ᎦᏓᏘ.
Deutsch: Flagge Hawaiis.
Español: Bandera de Hawái.
Français: Drapeau d'Hawaï.
This File: 3 September 2014.
User:: SiBr4.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Flag of the State of Hawaii (Hawaiian: Ka Hae Hawaiʻi) is the official Standard symbolising Hawaii as a U.S. State. The same Flag had also previously been used by the Kingdom, Protectorate, Republic, and Territory of Hawaii.
It is the only U.S. State Flag to feature The Union Flag of The United Kingdom, a remnant of the period in Hawaiian history when it was associated with The British Empire.
The Hawaiian Islands (Hawaiian: Mokupuni o Hawai‘i) are an archipelago of eight major islands, several atolls, numerous smaller islets, and undersea sea-mounts in the North Pacific Ocean, extending some 1,500 miles (2,400 kilometers) from the island of Hawaiʻi, in the South, to Northernmost Kure Atoll.
Formerly, the Island Group was known to Europeans and Americans as "The Sandwich Islands",
a name chosen by Captain James Cook, in honour of the, then, First Lord of The Admiralty,
John Montagu, 4th Earl of Sandwich. The contemporary name is derived from the name of
the main island, Hawaii Island.
The Hawaiian Monarchy was overthrown in 1893 and The United States annexed the Islands in 1898. The U.S. State of Hawaii now occupies the archipelago almost in its entirety (including the uninhabited North-Western Hawaiian Islands), with the sole exception of Midway Island, which is, instead, an Unincorporated Territory within The United States Minor Outlying Islands.
The Flag of The British East India Company.
1801–1858.
Data from FOTW http://www.crwflags.com/fotw/flags/gb-eic.html.
This File: 13 March 2013.
User: Abjiklam.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: The pre-1801 Union Flag (of Great Britain). Note the term "King's Colours". This is used by US-based flag makers and sellers because this was one of the flags used by The King's Forces during The American Revolutionary War. For more on this term see Flagstuff.com.
Español: Imperio Británico
Français: Drapeau du Royaume de Grande-Bretagne.
Date: 12 October 2005 (original upload date).
Source: Made by Hoshie
Sodipodi flag collection
(original file) Dead link as of: 4FEB2009.
Colours: vexilla mundi Dead link as of: 12DEC2007.
Author: Hoshie.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Hawaiian Islands (Sandwich Islands) Flag of 1868.
Johnson's new chart of national emblems, 1868.jpg [see, below]
Johnson's new chart of national emblems. Print showing the flags of various countries,
those flown by ships, and the "Signals for Pilots.".
In the top left corner is the "United States" 37-star flag, in the top right corner is the "Royal Standard of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland"; in the bottom left corner is the "Russian Standard" and in the bottom right corner is the "French Standard." The flags on this sheet differ slightly from those on another sheet numbered 4 [top left] and 5 [top right].
Date: 1868.
Source: This file has been extracted from another file:
[see, below]
This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's
Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pga.03872.
Author: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884, publisher.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Johnson's new chart of national emblems (c. 1868).
Etching and engraving on paper ; on sheet 46×67.3 cm.
Original caption from loc.gov:
"Print showing the flags of various countries, those flown by ships, and the "Signals for Pilots." In the top left corner is the "United States" 37-star flag, in the top right corner is the "Royal Standard of the United Kingdom Great Britain & Ireland"; in the bottom left corner is the "Russian Standard" and in the bottom right corner is the "French Standard." The flags on this sheet differ slightly from those on another sheet numbered 4 [top left] and 5 [top right]."
Date: Circa 1868.
Source: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-pga-03872.
This image is available from the United States Library of Congress's
Prints and Photographs division under the digital ID pga.03872.
Author: Johnson, A. J. (Alvin Jewett), 1827-1884, publisher.
(Wikimedia Commons)
English: Flag of South Africa, used between 1928 and 1994.
Known as the "Oranje-Blanje-Blou".
[Editor: "Orange-White-Blue".]
From the xrmap flag collection 2.9.
Afrikaans: Die vlag van Suid-Afrika wat sedert 1928 tot en met 1994 in gebruik was. Die vlag staan bekend as die Oranje-Blanje-Blou.
Français: Le drapeau de l'Afrique du Sud entre 1928 et 1994, aussi appelé l'Oranje-Blanje-Blou.
Date: 1928-1994.
Source: SVG based on this image.
Author: Parliament of South Africa(Vector graphics image by Denelson83).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The three Flags, in the centre of the South African Flag (above),
representing the former British Colonies of Cape Colony and Natal,
with the Union Jack on the left,
followed by the Flags of the former Boer Republics of Orange Free State
and The South African Republic on the Right.
The Union Jack is shown with the hoist on the right.
The three small Flags from File:Flag of South Africa 1928-1994.svg
Source: Own work.
Author: Watchduck (a.k.a. Tilman Piesk).
(Wikimedia Commons)
The Grand Union Flag
of The United States of America.
Continental Colours.
Congress Flag.
Cambridge Flag.
First Navy Ensign.
Adopted: 3 December 1775 (unofficial).
Source: Own work.
(Wikimedia Commons)
The "Grand Union Flag" (also known as the "Continental Colours," the "Congress Flag,"
the "Cambridge Flag," and the "First Navy Ensign") is considered to be the first
National Flag of The United States of America – and, previously, that of
The United Colonies of North America – until 1777.
This Flag consisted of alternating thirteen Red and White Stripes with The British Union Flag ("Union Jack") – the variant prior to the inclusion of Saint Patrick's Cross for the 1801 unification of Ireland into The United Kingdom– in the canton.
Flag of the British Administration of Heligoland, 1807-1890.
Date: 28 August 2010.
Source: Own work.
Author: EJavanainen.
(Wikimedia Commons)
Heligoland (German: Helgoland; Heligolandic Frisian deät Lun ["the Land"])
is a small German archipelago in The North Sea.
The Heligoland Bight (part of The German Bight) in the South-Eastern corner of The North Sea.
These Islands are the only German Islands not in the immediate vicinity of the Mainland and are approximately three hours' sailing time from Cuxhaven, at the mouth of the River Elbe.
In addition to German, the local population, who are ethnic Frisians, speak the Heligolandic dialect of the North Frisian language, called Halunder. Heligoland was formerly called Heyligeland, or "Holy Land", possibly due to the Islands' long association with the god Forseti.
On 11 September 1807, during The Napoleonic Wars, HMS Carrier brought to
The Admiralty
Dispatches from Admiral Thomas McNamara Russell, announcing
Heligoland's capitulation to the British.
Heligoland then became a centre of
smuggling and espionage against Napoleon. Denmark formally ceded Heligoland
to King George III of The United Kingdom by The Treaty of Kiel
(14 January 1814).
Thousands of Germans came to Britain, via Heligoland, and joined The King's German Legion.
Prior to 1956, the Shipping Forecasts, on The Home Service (now Radio 4), would have included "Heligoland" as one of the "Sea Areas", e.g., "Humber, Dogger, Fisher, Heligoland". In 1956, it was changed to the now well-known "German Bight".
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Heligoland Postage Stamp, depicting Queen Victoria, and denominated in Hamburg Schillings.
From 1875, its Postage Stamps were denominated in both Sterling and Gold Marks.
This File: 20 April 2007.
User: Dr. Blofeld.
(Wikipedia)
Unofficial Scottish Union Flag in the 1704 edition of
The Present State of the Universe.
Date: 1704.
Source: Transferred from en.wikipedia to Commons.
Author: Unknown.
(Wikimedia Commons)
In objecting to the design of The Union Flag adopted in 1606, whereby The Cross of Saint George surmounted that of Saint Andrew, a group of Scots took up the matter with John Erskine, 18th Earl of Mar, and were encouraged by him to send a Letter of Complaint to King James VI, via The Privy Council of Scotland, which stated that the Flag's design "will breid some heit and miscontentment betwix your Majesties subjectis, and it is to be feirit that some inconvenientis sail fall oute betwix thame, for our seyfaring men cannot be inducit to resave that flage as it is set down".
Although documents accompanying this complaint, which contained drafts for alternative designs, have been lost, evidence exists, at least on paper, of an unofficial Scottish variant, whereby The Scottish Cross was uppermost.
There is reason to think that Cloth Flags of this design were employed, during the 17th-Century,
for unofficial use on Scottish vessels at sea. This Flag's design is also described in the
1704 edition of "The Present State of the Universe", by John Beaumont, which contains,
as an appendix, The Ensigns, Colours or Flags of the Ships at Sea: Belonging to
The several Princes and States in the World.
A Welsh Dragon to sit on The Union Flag ?
Illustration: CREATIVE REVIEW
The following Text, dated 28 November 2007, is from CREATIVE REVIEW
Could this be the new British flag? In the U.K. Parliament, yesterday, Culture Minister, Margaret Hodge, pledged to consider a redesign of The Union Flag to incorporate The Welsh Dragon.
The Minister was responding to concerns raised by Welsh MPs, who claimed that their constituents' identity has been suppressed by the current design, which does not include a symbol to represent Wales. Albert Owen, Labour MP for Ynys Mon, was reported in The Guardian as claiming that: "We, in Wales, do not feel part of The Union Flag because The Dragon, or The Cross of Saint David, is not on it".
Since 1801, the British Flag has been made up of The Cross of Saint George (representing England)
The Cross of Saint George.
and The Cross of Saint Patrick (representing Ireland)
The Cross of Saint Patrick.
and The Cross of Saint Andrew, or "Saltire", (representing Scotland)
The Cross of Saint Andrew, or "Saltire".
And they're not happy.
If a new design were to follow the pattern of the previous one, it should use The Flag of the Patron Saint of Wales, Saint David.
If a new design were to follow the pattern of the previous one, it should use The Flag of the Patron Saint of Wales, Saint David.
But that looks like this.
So, The Dragon is being proposed as a compromise.
The design of the current Flag, incorporating three different Flags, had been "a challenge," said Hodge. "Thinking of a new design, that would meet everyone's aspiration, would be an even greater challenge."
The Cross of Saint David.
So, The Dragon is being proposed as a compromise.
The design of the current Flag, incorporating three different Flags, had been "a challenge," said Hodge. "Thinking of a new design, that would meet everyone's aspiration, would be an even greater challenge."
You can say that again.
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