Peire wrote:
"Freiherr Ondulatius Mangalicus de Swyn zu Speck und Schmalz von Schweinburg in Schlesien" explanation:
"Świnka" is the surname of a Silesian noble family of Slavic origin that emerged from the darkness of history around the 11th century. In the 13th century, their surname was written in Latin documents "de Swyn". In the 14th century, representatives of this family lived and often made their careers either in Silesia , where over time their surname changed to the German "von Schweinichen" or in the Kingdom of Poland, where they still had the surname "Świnka". In medieval Polish, "Świnka" meant a wild boar. In today's language, a small pig. In German, "schwein" means a pig.The seat of the Świnka/von Schwinichen family is the still existing picturesque ruins of the medieval castle in Świny/Schweinburg near Jelenia Góra/Hirschberg in Lower Silesia.
This is my joke on the subject. Quite complex in terms of associations related to the entire title.But in short I created a character of a medieval noble pig for fun basing on imagination,associations and historical knowledge.
"Freiherr" is the lowest and one of the oldest German aristocratic titles corresponding to baron, lower than graf (count)
"Ondulatius" is for curly haired.Common feature in pigs bred in the Middle Ages. "Mangalicus" is again a Latinized adjective derived from the name of an old breed of Hungarian curly-haired pig called "mangalica",existing today
"zu Speck und Schmalz" ,(from Bacon and Lard for non german speakers), to make it even funnier and for the purpose of similarity to the long title of a nobleman from the medieval German Reich
"von Schweinburg in Schlesien" - from Schweinburg in Silesia
Below is The Freiherr Ondulatius Mangalicus de Swyn zu Speck und Schmalz von Schweinburg in Schlesien in his armour and with his sword.Sadly without his helmet,stolen and hidden somewhere by one of my cats.
Douglas L wrote:
Very unique image, Joshua! Glad you are out and about.
A few from yesterday.
Thank you very much, Doug! In addition to my condition, the age is catching up with me and fast, too. Oh, well, I am not sure how long more I can do this kind of trip. We will see…
Great set of hooded merganser images you got there, Doug!
Tibetan women, with a flask full of yak butter tea. Surrounded by the lowland turmoil of the ages and the rapid turnover of empires, none invaded Tibet successfully. They eventually adopted Indian Buddhism 1300 years after the Buddha's lifetime. They have been Buddhists for over 1200 years now. FE55 (f3.5) and a7r.
