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[ire33]

Missing info! (3)
Title: The State of the City of the Vatican
Medium: article in a non-vexillological source
Main author(s): Gordon Ireland
Language: English
Source title: American Journal of International Law
Source number (date): 27 (1933)
Source pages: 271-289

[irw76]

Missing info! (5)
Title: “Asokan” Pillars: A Reassessment of Evidence - IV: Symbolism
Medium: article in a non-vexillological source
Main author(s): John Irwin
Language: English
Source title: The Burlington Magazine
Source number (date): 118.884 (November) (1976)
Source pages: 734 + 736-751 + 753

[isa01]

Title: Pomorski običaji i tradicije
(in English: Maritime customs and traditions)
Medium: book
Main author(s): Vladimir Isaić
Edition (publisher: place): Adamić: Rijeka (Croatia)
Language: Croatian
Edition date: 2001 (1st ed.)
Pages: 235
Format: A5 (tall) (210×140 mm)

deals with customs and traditions (so also flags) of military and merchant navies, mostly concentrated on Adriatic sea and Croatian coast (i.e. covering from medieval, Austro-Hungarian, Yugoslav Royal, NDH, Socialist Yugoslavia and modern Croatian navies)

Contents:

Flags at sea
- Flag as identification
- National flags on Adriatic
- Naval ensigns on Adriatic [with 12 pages of coloured charts of naval flags of mentioned countries, historically used on Croatian Adriatic]
- Flag hoisting [on ways how the flags are displayed on a ship]
- Flags signaling rank and heirarchy [incl. Blue Ribbon, Merito Navale and Fortitudini Navali, the last two very interesting A-H flags]
- Vjesnik Blue Ribbon (yearly award on Adriatic for maritime extraordinary deeds, mostly for bravery in rescuing the wracked sailors)
Duties on a ship
- Duties on deck, watch and sentry
- Wistle - a mean and a mark of commanding
- Ships bell and time service
- Stern deck and port (side of a ship) as privileged positions
- Masthead basket - surveillance service
- Discipline on ship
Ceremonies and honours
- Honour to the naval ensign
- Ceremony or boarding and leaving
- Naval countesy - receptions on ship
- Celebrations and festivities
  - Dressing the ship (Flag "gala", pavois) [incl. few charts showing the dressing rules of A-H and Yu ships in navy and merchant marine]
  - Honour guns
  - Honour by manning the decks
  - Fleet parade
- Mourning ceremonies on ship - funerals on sea
Naval uniforms, duties and ranks
- Naval uniforms [incl. several drawings of uniforms in mentioned navies]
  - Officers
  - Shipmen
- Duties (functions) and ranks in navy [incl. several charts on rank insignia in the mentioned navies]
Firm customs
- Setting a ship into the water
- Identification
  - Ship names
    - Merchant ships
    - Naval ships
    - Naming of the ships though history on Croatian Adriatic [incl. flags of (some) shipping companies there through history]
  - Hull colouring
  - Greetings among ships on high seas
  - Passing the equator line
  - Customs concerning the birds
  - Headfigures
  - Ship’s decommission
Adopted practice
- Signal flags and flag signals
- Quarantine and Lazarettes
- SOS signal
- Measuring units in marines
- Legal authority of ships captain
- Postal service
Maritime beliefs and legends
- Ex voto
- Legends and tales of sailors
- Coins beneath masts
- Celebration of sailors depth
- Sailor’s earring

Željko Heimer, 16 Jul 2002

[isb01]

Missing info! (6)
Title: Internationaal seinboek ten dienste van alle natiën. Nieuwe bijgewerkte officieele uitgaaf.
Medium: book
Edition (publisher: place): (unknown publisher): Amsterdam (The Netherlands)
Language: Dutch
Edition