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Heraldry in the Republic of Macedonia (1991-2019)
Preprints (www.preprints.org) | NOT PEER-REVIEWED | Posted: 1 September 2021 doi:10.20944/preprints202109.0027.v1 Article Heraldry in the Republic of Macedonia (1991-2019) Jovan Jonovski1, * 1 Macedonian Heraldic Society; [email protected] * Correspondence: [email protected]; Tel.: +38970252989 Abstract: Every country has some specific heraldry. In this paper, we will consider heraldry in the Republic of Macedonia, understood by the multitude of coats of arms, and armorial knowledge and art. The paper covers the period from independence until the name change (1991-2019). It co- vers the state coat of arms of the Republic of Macedonia especially the 2009 change. Special atten- tion is given to the development of the municipal heraldry, including the legal system covering the subject. Also personal heraldry developed in 21 century is considered. The paper covers the de- velopment of heraldry and the heraldic thought in the given period, including the role of the Macedonian Heraldic Society and its journal Macedonian Herald in development of theoretic and practical heraldry, as well as its Register of arms and the Macedonian Civic Heraldic System. Keywords: Heraldry in Macedonia; Macedonian civic heraldry; Republic of Macedonia. 1. Introduction The Republic of Macedonia became independent from the Socialist Federative Re- public of Yugoslavia with the Referendum of 8 September 1991. The Democratic Federal Macedonia was formed during the first session of the Anti-Fascist Assembly for the Na- tional Liberation of Macedonia (ASNOM) on 2 August 1944 (it later became the People’s Republic of Macedonia, a federal unit of the Federal People’s Republic of Yugoslavia). -
Graham Jones
Ni{ i Vizantija XIV 629 Graham Jones SEEDS OF SANCTITY: CONSTANTINE’S CITY AND CIVIC HONOURING OF HIS MOTHER HELENA Of cities and citizens in the Byzantine world, Constantinople and its people stand preeminent. A recent remark that the latter ‘strove in everything to be worthy of the Mother of God, to Whom the city was dedicated by St Constantine the Great in 330’ follows a deeply embedded pious narrative in which state and church intertwine in the city’s foundation as well as its subse- quent fortunes. Sadly, it perpetuates a flawed reading of the emperor’s place in the political and religious landscape. For a more nuanced and considered view we have only to turn to Vasiliki Limberis’ masterly account of politico-religious civic transformation from the reign of Constantine to that of Justinian. In the concluding passage of Divine Heiress: The Virgin Mary and the Creation of Christianity, Limberis reaffirms that ‘Constantinople had no strong sectarian Christian tradition. Christianity was new to the city, and it was introduced at the behest of the emperor.’ Not only did the civic ceremonies of the imperial cult remain ‘an integral part of life in the city, breaking up the monotony of everyday existence’. Hecate, Athena, Demeter and Persephone, and Isis had also enjoyed strong presences in the city, some of their duties and functions merging into those of two protector deities, Tyche Constantinopolis, tutelary guardian of the city and its fortune, and Rhea, Mother of the Gods. These two continued to be ‘deeply ingrained in the religious cultural fabric of Byzantium.. -
Chapter One Pottery Other Than Transport Amphorae Philip M. Kenrick
. chapter one . Pottery Other Than Transport Amphorae Philip M. Kenrick INTRODUCTION THE potterY fabrics The rescue excavations of 2000 took place alongside par- The pottery is arranged primarily by fabric, in order to dis- allel investigations at Zeugma by French and Turkish tinguish where possible the various sources from which teams. When I was first invited to participate there was Zeugma was supplied. Since there is also a high degree of also understood to be a possibility of a further long-term correlation between fabrics and the functions for which the research excavation on the site to study the pottery.1 At the vessels were intended, the following conceptual structure time, it seemed premature to embark upon a comprehen- was found useful. sive description of the pottery of Zeugma: It was there fore . Table wares. Vessels for serving and consuming food: agreed that I should concentrate on a few contexts that plates, dishes, small bowls, drinking cups, together with could be reasonably well dated and that might be used to lids intended for use with such forms; also some small characterize the major chronological phases identified in flagons and jugs intended for use at the table. These are the trenches for which Oxford Archaeology was respon- generally made in fine fabrics with smooth surfaces, sible: these were Trenches 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 18, mostly with a distinctive surface finish such as a slip or and 19. glaze. The briefest of notes were made upon the entire pottery collection, and these were then used in conjunction with . -
Twenty-Sixth Dynasty Necropolis at Gizeh
VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN DER INSTITUTE FÜR AFRIKANISTIK UND ÄGYPTOLOGIE DER UNIVERSITÄT WIEN 29 WA FA A el-SADEEK Twenty-Sixth Dynasty Necropolis at Gizeh BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE BAND 5 WIEN 1984 VERÖFFENTLICHUNGEN DER INSTITUTE FÜR AFRIKANISTIK UND ÄGYPTOLOGIE DER UNIVERSITÄT WIEN NR. 29 WAFAA EL-SADEEK TWENTY-SIXTH DYNASTY NECROPOLIS AT GIZEH ANALYSIS OF THE TOMB OF THERY AND ITS PLACE THE DEVELOPMENT OF SAITE FUNERARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE BEITRÄGE ZUR ÄGYPTOLOGIE, BAND 5 WIEN 1984 C Copyright 1984 by AFRO-PUB Verein zur Förderung und Publikation wissenschaftlicher Arbeiten aus den Fächern Ägyptologie und Afrikanistik Verleger und Eigentümer: AFRO-PUB Herausgeber: H. Mukarovsky Verantwortliche Schriftleiter: D.Arnold, J. Holaubek alle: A-1010 Wien, Doblhoffg.5 und Frankgasse 1 Druck: 0. Schanz To my parents V CONTENTS Acknowledgment IX Introduction 1 Chapter I Gizeh necropolis: its history 3 Chapter II The Tomb of Thery 11 a. History of excavation and discovery 13 b* Description of the tomb 17 c. Decoration of the tomb 22 Exterior 22 Interior 32 d. Thery1 s burial: contemporary and geographical setting 89 Chapter III Dynasty XXVI at Gizeh 101 a. General introduction 103 b. The Isis Temple 105 c. Individual tombs 114 Chapter IV Dynasty XXVI throughout Egypt 149 a. General introduction 151 b. Graves at Saqqara 155 c. Graves at Thebes - Asasif 166 d. Graves at Heliopolis 183 e. Graves at Bahriya Oasis 186 Chapter V Analysis of the architecture of the Tomb of Thery within the Dynasty XXVI pattern 205 a. Introduction 207 b. Building materials and local conditions 208 c. Architectural features 209 d. Comparison of likely use 212 Chapter VI Analysis of scenes from the Tomb of Thery within the Dynasty XXVI pattern 215 a. -
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Roberto Breschi: Precursory Projects of the Regional Emblems in Italian Geopolitical Area Abstract: In 1927 emblems for all the Regions of the Italian geopolitical area - Kingdom of Italy and some geographically Italian territories across the border - were proposed. Some were quite new hut most of them were inspired by historical symbols. From the end of the Second World War to 1970 the Regions of the new Italian Republic, once simple traditional entities, became more or less autonomous administrative subjects, and they needed local symbols as coats of arms, gonfalons and flags. In some cases the 1927 proposal can be considered a bridge betw’een the earliest times and the today emblems. Caesar Augustus, the first emperor of Rome, had already arranged Italy in regions, and it is surprising how some of them quite exacdy coincide with modern ones 1^1. The boundaries of the various states that over the centuries had divided the peninsula marked even more the shape of the future regions. So in 1861, when the unity of the nation (1861) was going to be completed, the Italian regions had a well defined profile. Nevertheless, from the administrative point of view, they remained for several decades only assemblages of provinces, without any organ of local government. Just after the Second World War, when the republican constitution came into force in Italy (1948), the regions became autonomous bodies with their powers and assignments. A statute of special autonomy, at once effective, was provided for four regions (Sicily, Sardinia, Aosta Valley and Trentino-Alto Adige (in 1963, a fifth, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, was added). -
AT 11.1 Basket: 21 Description of Basket: Roman Mortared Stone Wall at the Foundation from the Column of NE Anta Wall
Basket Information Trench: AT 11.1 Basket: 21 Description of Basket: Roman mortared stone wall at the foundation from the column of NE anta wall. Summary of Material: Total weight in kg: Latest Datable Material: Tentative Period: Notes: Basket coord.: W111.1-W111.9/S1225.4-S1228.4; elev.: *99.96-*99.84 Read By: LDR Date: July 17 2012 END 1 2 Undatable AT 11.1 Bas. 21 Ware-Shape-Decoration Wt Rim Base Hdl Body Other Notes Certainty Mends Utility Ware, Red ### 1 Undiagnostic, flat base for closed vessel. [shape] [shape] Utility Ware, Gray [shape] Cooking Ware Storage/Transport Amphora ### 1 Undiagnostic body sherd Fine Ware Other END Use this form in mixed baskets, where there are diagnostic sherds of different periods, and the dates of the coarseware cannot be estimated. 3 NUM/CAT NUM NUM 4 Lydian AT 11.1 Bas. 21 Ware-Shape-Decoration Wt Rim Base Hdl Body Other Notes Certainty Mends Cooking Ware Globular cooking pot Gold-dust ware Cooking stand Lid Breadtray Other Utility Ware, Red “Yogurt Bowl” Pithos Other coarse Table Ware Hydria/Amphora Waveline Hydria/Amphora Myrina Amphora Other Oinochoe SG, pendant petals Dipped Pendant Hooks/Semicircles Other Other Closed Shapes Misc Column krater Streaky, thick-walled Other Skyphos krater Lebes (dinos) Skyphos Streaky Glaze, no white bands SG, White Bands Other Stemmed Dish/Dish/Plate Black-on-Red Bichrome Plate Other Pitcher Omphalos phiale Pyxis 5 Lid Large Painted (early types) Jar Unguent Vessels Lydion Lekythos Vertical marbled Other Ring askos Miscellaneous Decorations ### Various Shapes (specify) Marbled Pendant Hooks Bichrome Earlier B/R “Phrygianizing” Streaky Glaze 1 Waveline Micaceous Wash Other Grayware ### 1 Hydria/Amphora Jar Plate/Dish/Stemmed Dish Mug Black-Polished Other Lamps Lydian lamp Other lamp Corinthian [shape] Attic [shape] East Greek misc. -
Marble Sculptures from the Imperial Palace in Sirmium
UDC 904:73"652"(497.113) DOI: 10.2298/STA0656153P 153 IVANA POPOVI] Institute of Archaeology, Belgrade MARBLE SCULPTURES FROM THE IMPERIAL PALACE IN SIRMIUM Abstract. – Few fragments of marble sculpture have been found in the course of the archaeological excavations conducted in Sirmium between 2003 and 2005 at site 85 which is believed to be part of the imperial palace complex. The most important are two almost completely preserved heads of deities. The head of a young person made of milky white, fine-grained marble of exceptionally fine texture from Pentelicon was found under the Late Roman floor in room 7 of the residential structure. The sculpture, of exceptional quality, is from the second half of the 1st century and represents a deity, most probably Venus or Apollo. Another head made of Carrara marble, from the 4th century, was found in a secondary position and on the basis of its mural crown is identified as the Tyche of Sirmium. Key words. – Roman sculpture, marble, Sirmium, deities, personifications. ew fragments of marble sculptures have been smooth surface of the face. It is parted in the middle, discovered in the course of systematic archae- framing the face in gentle waves modeled in relief and F ological excavations conducted in Sirmium with locks emphasized by incisions. On the back of the from 2003 to 2005 at site 85 which is almost certainly head the side locks combed over the ears are gathered the imperial palace complex1 (Fig. 1). The most im- portant are certainly two almost completely preserved heads of deities. * The author presented a brief account of these finds at the The head of a young person (C 109/2003) made of International Meeting Les ateliers de sculpture réginoaux: techni- milky white, fine-grained marble of exceptionally fine ques, styles et iconographie, Xe Colloque international sur l’art texture and originating from Pentelicon2 was discove- provincial romain, Arles et Aix-en-Provence, 21–23 mai 2007. -
The Natural History of a Caeretan Hydria
BABESCH 91 (2016), 69-85. doi: 10.2143/BAB.91.0.3175644 The Natural History of a Caeretan Hydria John K. Papadopoulos Abstract One of the most extraordinary renderings of various sea creatures is the well-known and often-published Caere- tan hydria now in the Niarchos Collection. In contrast to the accurately rendered seal, which is rare in Greek art of all periods, octopus, and dolphins, the central creature that dominates the scene is usually considered as an imaginary sea monster, a ketos. The purpose of this paper is to suggest that the central creature is no sea monster, but a fairly accurate representation of one of the most elusive creatures of the sea: an oarfish, of the family Regalecidae. For Jaap Hemelrijk One of the most remarkable illustrations from as Boardman notes, for all its charm, the Phokaia- Classical antiquity of sea creatures on a single mermaid story has no authority.7 object prior to the Roman period is the celebrated Despite these disparate labels, there was con- Caeretan hydria now in the Stavros S. Niarchos sensus in the fact that the threatening creature Collection (fig. 1a-b).1 Often published, the vessel that dominates the scene, and which calls for a is attributed to the Eagle Painter, at least the pri- hero of the likes of Herakles or Perseus to deal mary figures.2 The hydria has been given many with, if not dispatch, was a sea monster: a ketos in names, in accordance with its iconography: Hans Greek.8 The terrifying nature of this monster is Peter Isler referred to it as the ‘Perseushydria’, in well related by Hemelrijk: ‘The painter has tried his belief that the primary scene depicted Perseus his utmost to make the monster truly horrible; and the sea monster. -
Catalogue 8 Autumn 2020
catalogue 8 14-16 Davies Street london W1K 3DR telephone +44 (0)20 7493 0806 e-mail [email protected] WWW.KalloSgalleRy.com 1 | A EUROPEAN BRONZE DIRK BLADE miDDle BRonze age, ciRca 1500–1100 Bc length: 13.9 cm e short sword is thought to be of english origin. e still sharp blade is ogival in form and of rib and groove section. in its complete state the blade would have been completed by a grip, and secured to it by bronze rivets. is example still preserves one of the original rivets at the butt. is is a rare form, with wide channels and the midrib extending virtually to the tip. PRoVenance Reputedly english With H.a. cahn (1915–2002) Basel, 1970s–90s With gallery cahn, prior to 2010 Private collection, Switzerland liteRatuRe Dirks are short swords, designed to be wielded easily with one hand as a stabbing weapon. For a related but slightly earlier in date dagger or dirk with the hilt still preserved, see British museum: acc. no. 1882,0518.6, which was found in the River ames. For further discussion of the type, cf. J. evans, e Ancient Bronze Implements, Weapons and Ornaments of Great Britain and Ireland, london, 1881; S. gerloff and c.B. Burgess, e Dirks and Rapiers of Great Britain and Ireland, abteilung iV: Band 7, munich, Beck, 1981. 4 5 2 | TWO GREEK BRONZE PENDANT BIRD)HEAD PYXIDES PRoVenance christie’s, london, 14 may 2002, lot 153 american private collection geometRic PeRioD, ciRca 10tH–8tH centuRy Bc Heights: 9.5 cm; 8 cm liteRatuRe From northern greece, these geometric lidded pendant pyxides are called a ‘sickle’ type, one with a broad tapering globular body set on a narrow foot that flares at the base; the other and were most likely used to hold perfumed oils or precious objects. -
Jerusalem of Gold — Revisited Shalom M
Shalom M. Paul Jerusalem of Gold — Revisited Shalom M. Paul Hebrew University of Jerusalem 25* Jerusalem of Gold — Revisited In an article published over thirty-five years ago,1 I discussed the meaning of the unique Sumerian phrase uru kù·gi which appeared in line 4 of an inventory list of the trousseau of Ahatmilku, queen of Ugarit (mid-fourteenth century BCE):2 1 uru kù·gi (= Akk. ālu hurāsuִ ) ki·lá·bi (= Akk. šuqultašu) 2 me’at 15, “one city of gold whose weight is 215 (sheqels).”3 Though Nougayrol provisionally translated this item as a “couronne murale,” he was unable to bring any additional epigraphic evidence for the identification of this piece of jewelry. He supported his assumption, however, by referring to iconographic representations that depict such a crown on the heads of female deities and queens. I, in turn, drew documentary support from rabbinic literature for such a mural crown worn by women, where the Hebrew interdialectical semantic and partially etymological cognate, כל תכשיטי נשים טמאים: עיר של :was well attested. Thus, in m. Kelim 11:8 it is stated ,עיר של זהב All women’s ornaments are susceptible to impurity (e.g.), a city of gold.” Compare“ ,זהב A woman may not go out (to the public domain“ ,לא תצא אשה...בעיר של זהב ,also m. Šabb. 6:1 on the Sabbath wearing)… a city of gold.”4 That this article of jewelry was worn only by ר' ,women of a high and wealthy status is shown by the following statements: b. Šabb. 59b Rabbi Elazar was of the opinion, ‘Who“ ,אלעזר סבר מאן דרכה למיפק בעיר של זהב? אשה חשובה is accustomed to go out (wearing) a city of gold? A women of high standing’”; y. -
9730 Ira.Ant. 12 Goldman
Iranica Antiqua, vol. XXXII, 1997 WOMEN’S ROBING IN THE SASANIAN ERA BY Bernard GOLDMAN This brief description is intended as an introduction to women’s dress in Sasanian times with comparanda that helps to place the Iranian styles within the general history of late antique dress in Western Asia. Unfortu- nately, the task is self-limiting, bringing to mind the platonic metaphor of dancing shadows on the cave wall. The habiliment of early Iranian women, like all other early Asian dress, has not survived except as a few bits and pieces of woven stuff1. Our knowledge, then, must derive from those shadowy costumes cast on a few rock reliefs, on some luxury table- ware, glyptics and coin types, and on less than a handful of painting and mosaic fragments. The fragility of this type of evidence accounts no doubt for the scant attention Sasanian costuming has received and, when it is remarked, too often the tendency is to accept these shadows as if they were the substance2. A further complication in any discussion results from the relatively small numbers of pictured women in the several art media, and most of these examples are not easily controlled as to date or place of origin. 1 For preserved Sasanian textiles, figural designs, patterns, Goldman 1993, n. 2; for textile patterns related to or derived from the Sasanian, von Falke 1951; Ierusalimskaia 1972, 11, 14. 2 Several factors pertain in discussing pictured dress and its usefulness in dating: a particular type of dress may assume a traditional role and be worn, copied, or portrayed long after it had dropped out of fashion; an outmoded style may enjoy a revival; official and religious portraits may be clothed in traditional forms that are not limited to any one period; a style may come into fashion later and persist longer in one region than in another; distinctive style details of different periods may overlap and equitably coexist for extended periods. -
Heraldry in Ireland
Heraldry in Ireland Celebrating 75 years of the Office of the Chief Herald at the NLI Sir John Ainsworth Shield Vert, a chevron between three battle-axes argent Crest A falcon rising proper, beaked, legged and belled gules Motto Surgo et resurgam Did you know? Sir John Ainsworth was the NLI's Surveyor of Records in Private Keeping in the 1940s and 1950s. Roderick More OFerrall Shield Quarterly: 1st, Vert, a lion rampant or (for O Ferrall); 2nd, Vert a lion rampant in chief three estoiles or (for O More); 3rd, Argent, upon a mount vert two lions rampant combatant gules supporting the trunk of an oak tree entwined with a serpent descending proper, (for O Reilly); 4th, Azure, a bend cotised or between six escallops argent (for Cruise) Crest On a ducal coronet or a greyhound springing sable; A dexter hand lying fess-ways proper cuffed or holding a sword in pale hilted of the second pierced through three gory heads of the first Motto Cú re bu; Spes mea Deus Did you know? This four designs on the shield represent four families. Heiress Leticia More of Balyna, county Kildare married Richard Ferrall in 1751. Their grandson Charles Edward More O'Ferrall married Susan O'Reilly in 1849. Susan was the daughter of Dominic O'Reilly of Kildangan Castle, county Kildare who had married heiress Susanna Cruise in 1818. Dublin Stock Exchange Shield Quarterly: 1st, Sable, a tower or; 2nd, Vert, three swords points upwards two and one proper pommelled and hilted or; 3rd, Vert, three anchors erect two and one argent; 4th, Chequy, sable and argent, on a chief argent an escroll proper, inscribed thereon the words Geo.