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by Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
In 1270 Riga get "Hamburg rights" and flag with
white cross in middle (background undefined). In XIII-XIV cc Riga
have merchant flag - black with white cross.
Gvido Petersons , 16 June 1999
by Phil Nelson, 20 Febuary 2000
Znamierowski: The World Encyclopedia of Flags, shows
several interesting flags of the port cities of northern
Europe. These are derived from gonfalons, originally red in
color. The flags, in a banner form, were flown from the
stern of the vessels, the mast carrying the gonfalon of the
colors. Here is the flag of Riga, in the 14th century .
Phil Nelson, 20 Febuary 2000
by Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
After 1582, the merchant flag of Riga was white with red CoA.
Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
The cover of [sie63] shows
what the book describes as approximately a quarter of a
flagchart, one of many to roll of the, mostly Dutch, presses for
the use of seafarers: "Tableau des Pavillons que la Plupart
des Nations arborent a` la Mer. Faitau de'po^t des cartes et
plans de la marine pour le service des vaisseaux du Roy par ordre
de M. de Machault, Garde de se'aux de France. Par le Sr. Bellin
Inge'nieur de la marine. 1756." [bel56]
On the 2nd row from the bottom there is "Pavillon de Riga en
Livonie" - A white flag with a town-gate in red, detailed in
black, wit two gold tips. Above the building two crossed keys in
grey, bits upward and outward, about as wide as the central gate
building; above those, nearly touching, a small latin cross in
grey, not quite half as high as the keys are long. Standing (or
sitting) in the gateway an undeterminable creature white,
outlined in black. [Half the creature's height is face with eyes,
so either it's a head-feet, standing, or its a monster
sitting/laying under the gate with little more than its head
visible, the latter seems more plausbile.] The town-gate is the
usual image: Two towers, with 5 windows each placed 2,1,2,
slightly wider feet and eaves, steeples slightly sharper than
equilateral (in this case with golden tips). Wider central
building with in the upper half a window on either side, reaching
nearly as high as the eaves of the towers, with on top of that a
lightly overhanging obtuse gable. The gate as wide as the central
building, except for the stones of the arc, which makes not quite
as wide as the towers, and half as high as the building, arc from
the ground up and completely open, with the background showing
inside it merging with the background below it.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 4 January 2001
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971[ nor71] (original
print 1848):
99 Riga - A bit likethe above, but the charge is closer to the
hoist, there is no monster, the gate is open at the foot, as in
the text below the image, and the person colouring in the image
apparently thought keys and cross were part of the building and
coloured upward to make it all the same red blur.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 November 2001
by Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
In middle of XVII century, Riga had Swedish merchant flag with
CoA on red field.
Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
At J.W Norie - J.S. Hobbs: Flaggen aller seefahrenden
Nationen, 1971[ nor71] (original
print 1848):
100 Riga - As above, except the cross is centered, there's no
cross in the arms and the blue is lighter.
Peter Hans van den Muijzenberg, 12 November 2001
by Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
In 1673 a new flag for Riga was approved: blue and white. It
was existed untill the middle of XIX C. and between 1920-1940
Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
by Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
From the middle of XIX century untill 1917 Riga had a
blue-red-white tricolour.
Gvido Petersons, 16 June 1999
by Guy Babonneau, 12 March 2001
Riga's flag under soviet occupation till 1988. Source:
Enciklopedija RIGA 1988 in latvian.
Guy Babonneau, 12 March 2001
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