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Priručnik o osnovnim heraldičkim pojmovima koji se koriste u blazoniranju – stručnom opisivanju grbova. A manual about the basic heraldic terms used in blazonry – the professional description of coats of arms.

大会学术论文集: 第30届国际旗帜完学, 中国北京 2024年8月 Proceedings of the 30th International Congress of Vexillology. Beijing, China. August 2024

The book deals with the identification of “identity” based on culturally specific color codes and images that conceal assumptions about members of a people comprising a nation, or a people within a nation. Flags narrate constructions of belonging that become tethered to negotiations for power and resistance over time and throughout a people’s history. Bennet (2005) defines identity as “the imagined sameness of a person or social group at all times and in all circumstances”. While such likeness may be imagined or even perpetuated, the idea of sameness may be socially, politically, culturally, and historically contested to reveal competing pasts and presents. Visually evocative and ideologically representative, flags are recognized symbols fusing color with meaning that prescribe a story of unity. Yet, through semiotic confrontation, there may be different paths leading to different truths and applications of significance. Knowing this and their function, the book investigates these transmitted values over time and space. Indeed, flags may have evolved in key historical periods, but contemporaneously transpire in a variety of ways. The book investigates these transmitted values: Which values are being transmitted? Have their colors evolved through space and time? Is there a shift in cultural and/or collective meaning from one space to another? What are their sources? What is the relationship between law and flags in their visual representations? What is the shared collective and/or cultural memory beyond this visual representation? Considering the complexity and diversity in the building of a common memory with flags, the book interrogates the complex color-coded sign system of particular flags and their meanings attentive to a complex configuration of historical, social and cultural conditions that shift over time.

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Proceedings of the 26th International Congress of Vexillology (ICV 26) which was held in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia, from 31 August - 4 September 2015.

Filatelistička izložba Zmajevci u filateliji upriličena je kao dio predstavljanja zajedničkog izdanja poštanskih maraka Hrvatske pošte d. d. Zagreb i Hrvatske pošte Mostar d. o. o. u povodu 1100 godina Hrvatskog Kraljevstva. Izložba je izvorno postavljena u Zmajskoj dvorani u Kuli nad Kamenitim vratima, sjedištu Družbe „Braća Hrvatskoga Zmaja“ gdje je održana svečanost predstavljanja zajedničkog izdanja maraka 23. svibnja 2025. godine. Ovom prigodom izložba gostuje po prvi puta izvan Zagreba. Izložba prikazuje marke i filatelističke objekte Republike Hrvatske, ali i nekih drugih zemalja, kao i prethodnih poštanskih uprava na prostoru Hrvatske, a koji prikazuju portrete i radove članova Družbe, marke koje su dizajnirali članovi Družbe, te koje se na neki drugi način izravno odnose na djelovanje Družbe „Braća Hrvatskoga Zmaja“ od njezine uspostave 1905. do zabrane 1946. godine te nakon obnove 1990. godine. Družba tako ove godine obilježava ne samo veliki jubilej 1100. obljetnice Hrvatskoga Kraljevstva, enogo i svoje dvije godišnjice – 120 godina osnivanja i 35 godina obnove. Tim trima obljetnicama Družba je ove godine posvetila i svoj tri izdanja dragovoljnih doplatnih maraka (tzv. „pepeljuga“) kojima prikuplja sredstva za obilježavanje obljetnica. The philatelic exhibition Dragons in Philately was organized as part of the presentation of the joint issue of postage stamps of the Croatian Post d. d. Zagreb and the Croatian Post Mostar d. o. o. on the occasion of the 1100th anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom. The exhibition was originally set up in the Dragon Hall in the Tower above the Stone Gate, the headquarters of the Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon, where the ceremony of presenting the joint issue of stamps was held on May 23, 2025. On this occasion, the exhibition is visiting for the first time outside of Zagreb. The exhibition presents stamps and philatelic objects from the Republic of Croatia, as well as some other countries, as well as previous postal administrations in Croatia, which depict portraits and works of Society members, stamps designed by Society members, and which in some other way directly relate to the activities of the Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon from its establishment in 1905 to its ban in 1946 and after its restoration in 1990. This year, the Society is not only celebrating the great jubilee of the 1100th anniversary of the Croatian Kingdom, but also its two anniversaries – 120 years of its foundation and 35 years of its restoration. The Society has dedicated its three issues of voluntary surcharge stamps (so-called "Cinderellas") to these three anniversaries, with which it is raising funds to mark the anniversaries.

Družba „Braća Hrvatskoga Zmaja“ nakon višegodišnje stanke nastavlja svoj izdavački niz u okviru biblioteke Acta et studia draconica, koja uključuje najfinije znanstvene monografije i zbornike radova vezane za djelovanje Družbe. ... Ne čudi da je jedna od prvih velikih međunarodnih aktivnosti Družbe 1910. godine bila ekshumacija i dostojno pokapanje posmrtnih ostataka na Mirogoju velikog hrvatskog heraldičkog umjetnika svjetskog glasa Milana Sunka, koji je preminuo čak dva desetljeća ranije. Ta aktivnost bila je popraćena u stručnim krugovima Europe, ali i sufinancirana donacijama njegovih kolega i obožavatelja njegovog djela širom svijeta. Usudio bih se reći da je na taj način Sunko preko Laszowskog pa i Bojničića usadio klicu interesa za heraldiku u cijelo naše zmajsko bratstvo, ne samo kao brigu za hrvatsku heraldičku baštinu nego i jednu prekrasnu tradiciju koju Družba i danas živo njeguje i dodjeljuje nove zmajske grbove svojim članovima. With this book, the Society of the Brothers of the Croatian Dragon, after a break of several years, continues its publishing series within the Acta et studia draconica library, which includes the finest scientific monographs and collections of works related to the activities of the Society. ... It is not surprising that one of the first major international activities of the Society in 1910 was the exhumation and dignified burial of the remains of the great Croatian heraldic artist of world renown, Milan Sunko, who had died two decades earlier, at Mirogoj. This activity was supported in professional circles in Europe, but also co-financed by donations from his colleagues and admirers of his work around the world. I would dare to say that in this way, Sunko, through Laszowski and even Bojničić, planted the seed of interest in heraldry in our entire dragon brotherhood, not only as a concern for the Croatian heraldic heritage, but also as a beautiful tradition that the Society still cherishes today and awards new dragon coats of arms to its members.

The sun and the lion have been competing symbols of Macedonia for centuries. This is seen especially during the choosing of symbols for the coat of arms and flag of the (Peoples/Socialist) Republic of Macedonia. This book shows the history of these symbols and explains the process of choosing the symbols for the flag and coat of arms, including their many changes and the efforts to devise a coat of arms in heraldic form. Today the sun appears in the national coat of arms and on the flag, as well as in the national anthem. Its popularity as a national symbol is also seen in Macedonian municipal coats of arms, where it is the most frequent charge.

In the mid-twentieth century scholars in the United States began to examine American society through the lens of civil religion, a term first coined by Jean-Jacques Rousseau in the eighteenth century. Although much of the discussion focused on civil religion in the US, other scholars began to recognise that a civil religion also existed in the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. While American civil religion developed organically within all strata of society, it can be argued that in the Soviet Union there was a deliberate strategy to use civil religion as a tool to replace established religion, and to create a single sense of Soviet identity among a geographically-dispersed and ethnically-diverse population. Most studies on Soviet civil religion have focused on communist rites and rituals, and the 'cult' of Lenin. Few scholars have examined the elaborate system of symbols that were essential to reinforcing Soviet civil religion so that it became an everyday aspect of life in the USSR. This thesis seeks to fill that gap by examining the simvolika, or set of symbols, of the Soviet Union. While the official state symbols included the Soviet flag, state emblem, and national anthem, the set of symbols that were vital to the practice of Soviet civil religion was much more extensive. This study will examine the usage of an array of flags, seals, symbolic elements, imagery, and motifs that were essential to the socialisation of children and the reinforcement of Soviet civil religion in adulthood. Finally, it will examine the symbolic legacies of the USSR in the countries that were once part of the Soviet Union "An adaptation of the doctoral thesis in history submitted as part of the requirements for the PhD degree at the University of Leicester (UK), 2021".,