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image by Alex Danes, 21 October 2008
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These are documented as "(Galley or
galjas of the Order of Saint Stephan. Tuscany source:[http://www.iagi.info/ordinitoscana/istituzionestefano.htm]
A drawing made in the 17th. or 18th. century)"
17th century would make
more sense, as the order was founded in approximately 1561, and this images are
supposedly celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation.
The flag
is flying from the aftcastle. The pennant flies from the tops of two lateen
sails. In the image, the pennants differ somewhat in colour, the aft one being
more orangey [this is possibly a photographic artifact], the same colour the
flag has, while the other is more reddish. On the top of each lateen sail flies
a smaller flag from a flagstaff: White with the red cross. From the tops of the
masts fly smaller, single-tipped, orange pennants.
Peter Hans van den
Muijzenberg, 21 October 2008