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Offline Jtyner

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Re: picture needs identifying
« Reply #9 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 09:17 BST (UK) »
wow! thanx Jenb! thankyou everyone for your help! much appreciated
Williams: Morriston Llangyfelach, Clydach Pontardawe
Jones: Monmouthshire, Caerphilly, Llandefeilog Carmarthen
Hutton: bells hill co. Down, northern Ireland and Dublin
Price: Caerphilly
Lewis: Pembrokeshire
Devonald: Moylegrove Pembrokeshire
David/Davies: Llanelly camarthenshire
Clement: Glamorgan

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Re: picture needs identifying
« Reply #10 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 09:21 BST (UK) »
The hat was the give-away! The Doges always wore a hat of that very characteristic shape.
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Re: picture needs identifying
« Reply #11 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 09:26 BST (UK) »
The hat was the give-away! The Doges always wore a hat of that very characteristic shape.

In fact I think it's wrong to call it a hat, it was really a sort of crown, apparently called the 'corno ducale', made of gemmed brocade.

Isn't wikipedia useful.

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Re: picture needs identifying
« Reply #12 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 09:58 BST (UK) »
here is the name anyway.
see what you think
Williams: Morriston Llangyfelach, Clydach Pontardawe
Jones: Monmouthshire, Caerphilly, Llandefeilog Carmarthen
Hutton: bells hill co. Down, northern Ireland and Dublin
Price: Caerphilly
Lewis: Pembrokeshire
Devonald: Moylegrove Pembrokeshire
David/Davies: Llanelly camarthenshire
Clement: Glamorgan


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Re: picture needs identifying
« Reply #13 on: Wednesday 23 July 08 10:29 BST (UK) »
This is the artist's (Bellini) name in its Latin form: 'Ioannes Bellinus'.
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