Back in Black : photos of a Journey to TRANSYLVANIAN MUSEUMS

Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 03:06 PM

Yannis : nice to see you back too ... that shamshir was a rather XVIIth century as I vaguely remember ( I was unfortunatelly more concerned about stealing pictures than memorising data, poor me ... ).
And nothing to worry, there are more pictures comming ( and therefore more controversy) specially about the Ottoman ones ...
Rasdan : youre welcome , there is more where this came from !
Marc : thank your for the kind words but unfortunatelly like I was telling Yannis, in that very limited time as I literally flu trough the museum I was imortalising eye candy and neglecting digesting or requesting supplementary info (wasnt very much anyhow, very brief descriptions as they were ,,generalist,, city museums) And just for that I will try to post close ups ... As far as I remember they were 16th century swords of Sachsen (local German descent minority known to us as ,,sasi,, read -sashee) nobles.
Ariel : Hey Ariel with a high risk of disapointing you after seven years away from the ,,virtuos,, country of the Dacs I completelly lost touch with my inner Bacchus and almost fell stunned when I saw the tzuika/palinka quantities ingested by the locals. Nevertheless, papa , youll be proud seeing me drinking kegs of ,,lighter,, wine, smoking like a chimney and eating one piglet or a pheasant at the time out of plates you could snowboard with ... sorry if I ruined anyone`s appetite ...
Wolviex : My dear brother in arms nice to see your well alive and thanks to your articles great Mother Poland shines back to the 17th century glitz. Very nice to hear from you and shortly will be back to normal in therms of communications ... as soon as I sober up , ahem , I mean adjust to the time zone

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Ian · 17th February 2005, 03:18 PM

Radu:

Glad to see you back. Stolen glimpses of the past. All very romantic and intriguing, evoking times of lost glory and hardship. Look forward to seeing more pictures. Thanks again for this unique insight into European arms and armor.

Ian.

BluErf · 17th February 2005, 03:44 PM

I like the picture with the birds in the sky. Very romantic. And ooooh... wicked pole-axes...

Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 04:13 PM

More pictures from Terra Transylvanis (Transylvania), Romania... Insights from the metropolitan Cathedral of Timisoara, statue of King and Saint Ladislaus, patron of Hungarians, in Oradea, the Baroque Palace of Oradea and statue of an early patron bishop with coat of arms. I always like to show different aspects of culture to better understand a nation you can just judge by its arms and armour (or maybe you can ...

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Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 04:35 PM

some old gravures in theme from the Timisoara museum :
Defeat of the Ottomans
Austro-Hungarian Empire monarch (XVIIIth century)
Portrait of a local nobleman
Punishment by impaling (admit it you were dying to see this one, after all it is Transylvania...)
City of Timisoara coat of arms
Portrait of Pavel Chinezul (Paul the Chinaman) XVth century Count of Timisoara, a epic proportions fierce hero that fought the Turks with legendary deeds, a man of remarkable body and spiritual strength...

Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 04:43 PM

One more portrait of Pavel Chinezul and then were back in bussiness with mainly but not only Ottoman weaponry :

Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 04:47 PM

continuation...

Radu Transylvanicus · 17th February 2005, 04:59 PM

Mixed firepower, fokosh/toporishca/baltag (peasant or shepherd`s axe, working and battle instrument, machismo object and dispute settler, every folksmen that owned a pair of testies owned one of these too, even my granpa, until 1950s) an Ottoman Jambyia XVIIth century, a Transylvanian buzdugan mace . ...

17th February 2005, 03:06 PM	#1
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	Yannis : nice to see you back too ... that shamshir was a rather XVIIth century as I vaguely remember ( I was unfortunatelly more concerned about stealing pictures than memorising data, poor me ... ). And nothing to worry, there are more pictures comming ( and therefore more controversy) specially about the Ottoman ones ... Rasdan : youre welcome , there is more where this came from ! Marc : thank your for the kind words but unfortunatelly like I was telling Yannis, in that very limited time as I literally flu trough the museum I was imortalising eye candy and neglecting digesting or requesting supplementary info (wasnt very much anyhow, very brief descriptions as they were ,,generalist,, city museums) And just for that I will try to post close ups ... As far as I remember they were 16th century swords of Sachsen (local German descent minority known to us as ,,sasi,, read -sashee) nobles. Ariel : Hey Ariel with a high risk of disapointing you after seven years away from the ,,virtuos,, country of the Dacs I completelly lost touch with my inner Bacchus and almost fell stunned when I saw the tzuika/palinka quantities ingested by the locals. Nevertheless, papa , youll be proud seeing me drinking kegs of ,,lighter,, wine, smoking like a chimney and eating one piglet or a pheasant at the time out of plates you could snowboard with ... sorry if I ruined anyone`s appetite ... Wolviex : My dear brother in arms nice to see your well alive and thanks to your articles great Mother Poland shines back to the 17th century glitz. Very nice to hear from you and shortly will be back to normal in therms of communications ... as soon as I sober up , ahem , I mean adjust to the time zone ... Last edited by Radu Transylvanicus; 17th February 2005 at 03:19 PM.

17th February 2005, 04:13 PM	#4
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	More pictures from Terra Transylvanis (Transylvania), Romania... Insights from the metropolitan Cathedral of Timisoara, statue of King and Saint Ladislaus, patron of Hungarians, in Oradea, the Baroque Palace of Oradea and statue of an early patron bishop with coat of arms. I always like to show different aspects of culture to better understand a nation you can just judge by its arms and armour (or maybe you can ... ) ... Attached Images

17th February 2005, 04:35 PM	#5
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	some old gravures in theme from the Timisoara museum : Defeat of the Ottomans Austro-Hungarian Empire monarch (XVIIIth century) Portrait of a local nobleman Punishment by impaling (admit it you were dying to see this one, after all it is Transylvania...) City of Timisoara coat of arms Portrait of Pavel Chinezul (Paul the Chinaman) XVth century Count of Timisoara, a epic proportions fierce hero that fought the Turks with legendary deeds, a man of remarkable body and spiritual strength... Attached Images

17th February 2005, 04:43 PM	#6
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	One more portrait of Pavel Chinezul and then were back in bussiness with mainly but not only Ottoman weaponry : Attached Images

17th February 2005, 04:47 PM	#7
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	continuation... Attached Images

17th February 2005, 03:18 PM	#2
Ian Vikingsword Staff Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: The Aussie Bush Posts: 4,469	Radu: Glad to see you back. Stolen glimpses of the past. All very romantic and intriguing, evoking times of lost glory and hardship. Look forward to seeing more pictures. Thanks again for this unique insight into European arms and armor. Ian.

17th February 2005, 03:44 PM	#3
BluErf Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: Singapore Posts: 1,180	I like the picture with the birds in the sky. Very romantic. And ooooh... wicked pole-axes...

17th February 2005, 04:59 PM	#8
Radu Transylvanicus Member Join Date: Dec 2004 Location: 2008-2010 Bali, 1998-2008 USA Posts: 271	Mixed firepower, fokosh/toporishca/baltag (peasant or shepherd`s axe, working and battle instrument, machismo object and dispute settler, every folksmen that owned a pair of testies owned one of these too, even my granpa, until 1950s) an Ottoman Jambyia XVIIth century, a Transylvanian buzdugan mace . ... Attached Images