Cheater Research

[hsifeng]

And by that, I mean, "I am going to ask a question and pray that better minds than mine have the answers out there on the interwebz".

I think this is a sailor. I think this is a continental sailor. Can anyone tell me which part of the contient? I can't make out the inscription.
 

"What's its gots on its feets, Precious?"

In alternate "news", I think I found the garb I would like to make my husband if we end up doing some 'later period' wear:



I don't know what I love more; the black and white Pludes, the trim on the jacket pockets, the hat with dingly gold bits on the plumes or the red in contrast to the rest? Hard to tell. Maybe I like it all...

Comments

[jillwheezul.livejournal.com]

So the sailors are wedged between the French and the Flemish in order. I just have to think about where the place name is referring. On the second sailor it says "Karcaroli genant" (known as Karcaroli) Sounds slavic to me. - Maybe Balkan?

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Yeah, that would follow in with the 'eastern Mediterranean' feeling that folks seem to be getting from the image so far. Having seen images of Dutch and English sailors before, I was struck by some of the differences here (as well as some of the similarities). I was interested to see just how far-and-wide this sort of ‘basic sailing silhouette’ had been adopted.

[hobbitomm.livejournal.com]

My vibe would also be Eastern Med (somewhere between Malta and Istanbul, with the possibility of the Balkans). Certainly the cut of the moustache, and its colour suggests balkans. I wonder, though, whether the trousers might be the wide ottoman ones, just not tucked in, as we usually see them?

[hsifeng.livejournal.com]

Well, I know Kass has been doing a lot of Turkish research of late, maybe she can answer the Ottoman question...?