#brankovic

[le-cercle-rouge]

Belgrade, août 2023.

[wardrobeoftime]

Rise of Empires: Ottoman + Headpieces

Mara Branković's headpieces.

[nociodvelura]

[magnificentlyreused]

This blue and golden dress was first worn by Kösem Sultan in the twenty-fourth episode of the first season of Magnificent Century: Kösem.

The dress appears again on Mara Branković in the second episode of the first season of Golden Apple: The Grand Conquest.

[laleru]

❧ Mara Hatun (Tuba Büyüküstün) — Rise of Empires: Ottoman Ep.4

[sevgilisultana]

𝑂𝑡𝑡𝑜𝑚𝑎𝑛 𝐷𝑦𝑛𝑎𝑠𝑡𝑦 𝐻𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑜𝑟𝑦 𝐴𝑝𝑝𝑟𝑒𝑐𝑖𝑎𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛 𝑀𝑜𝑛𝑡ℎ:

𝑊𝑒𝑒𝑘 2: 𝐻𝑎𝑠𝑒𝑘𝑖 𝑆𝑢𝑙𝑡𝑎𝑛𝑠/𝐿𝑒𝑔𝑎𝑙 𝑊𝑖𝑣𝑒𝑠

𝐷𝑎𝑦 11: 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐵𝑟𝑎𝑛𝑘𝑜𝑣𝑖𝑐, 𝑀𝑎𝑟𝑎 𝐷𝑒𝑠𝑝𝑖𝑛𝑎 𝐻𝑎𝑡𝑢𝑛

[suetravelblog]

Museum of Contemporary Art Belgrade Serbia

[pbjelly90art]

Mixed Spaceverse sketch dump!

We've got a lot here, Cupios characters, Warlon characters, a few Drakul characters, potential Redhilla characters, and some older sketches that show characters that have been adapted to Spaceverse but don't have new portraits yet.

In order here we have: Jaster, his mom Jolie, then Al, and Jolie's new husband Andras, then we have Amara and Mercy, Polly, Jolie's brother Alec and their dad Antonio, Mercy solo, Beau, Jolie with Andras, Jolie with her friend Cael, Amare, a silly meme sketch of Jaster checking out Bogdan (aka Boggie), Jolie's uncle Gabe in a few sketches, along with her cousin Lucas, and Gabe dancing with Roksana (aka Roxy.) After that we have Tuya, Tuya's son Jagun when he was younger playing with a younger Daniel (aka Danny), then Nergui the current "leader" of the Obsidian Court, and Haseya a Magi (still to be introduced in the RP), Jacques (potentially a Cupios/Olympian, still to be introduced to the RP), and then some older art that predates the RP. The older pieces feature Trixie, Alister, Haseya, Fang-Hua, Anne, Albrecht, Derik, and Bea (who hasn't been seen yet in Spaceverse but I have some ideas to adapt her.)

Sakume owns Jaster, Jolie, Alec, Gabe, Antonio, Lucas, Mercy, Al, and Beau, and I own the other characters depicted here.

[wardrobeoftime]

Rise of Empires: Ottoman + Costumes

Mara Branković's green, pink, brown & grey coat in Season 02, Episode 01 & 03.

// requested by @garnetbutterflysblog

[napszemuvegbe]

Az objectiv.hu epp karbantartas alatt

szoval nem tudni mit raknak majd ki

de az API megy mogotte: https://objectiv.hu/wp-json/wp/v2/posts

4 poszt van a wordpress szerint:

Konklávé , a cizellált szenny

Dáridóznak a migránsok az Európába tartó hajókon

Lazar Brankov Arany Emlékérme

Trükköző multik, tétova hatóságok

[magnificentlyreused]

This pointy gold tiara with green stones was first worn by Hürrem Sultan in the thirty-sixth episode of the third season of Magnificent Century. It was also worn by an older Hürrem Sultan in the second episode of the fourth season. The tiara can also be seen on Mihrimah Sultan in the tenth episode of the same season.

The tiara appears again on Mara Branković in the first episode of Fatih: Sultan of Conquests.

[mishazcorner]

Brankov most (bridge), Sava river, Belgrade

[dominadespina]

LAZAREVIC SISTERS II

Princess Dragana Lazarevic 

Early Life

She was born as the second out of five daughters of Lazar of Serbia with his wife; Milica. Her date of birth might be around the late-1350s or early-1360s. 

She is the namesaker of her paternal aunt; Dragana Hrebeljanović, the wife of a man named Musa.  She was likely born and raised in Prilepac with her eldest sister; Mara, before moving to Krusevac. 

Not much is recorded or known about her early or later life, but most people believe her to be the second wife of Emperor Ivan Shishman. 

Marriage to…….. Shishman

A lot of Serbian sources are divided about the identidy of her husband, but he certainly was an imperial representative of the Shishman family, and they married around 1386. 

Though Nikola Giljen, mentions her as the wife of Emperor Ivan Shishman, this seems highly unlikely, as Ivan was executated in June 3rd of 1395, and later that year in September, Dragana’s mother; Milica (Now Nun Eugenia) met with the fraternal council of the St. Paptelejmona monastery to discuss financial support that should be given to her daughters in case of poverty in widowhood. 

Nowhere does it mention the recent widowhood of one of her daughters, it can then be concluded that she is not the second wife of Ivan Sishman, but instead the wife of his eldest son; Aleksander Shishman. 

The confusion of her husband’s identidy might be due to the fact that Ivan Shishman proclaimed his eldest son; Aleksander as co-ruler and so by their marriage right both Dragana and Ivan Shishman’s second wife were referred to as “Empress Consorts.”

Nonetheless, nothing is known about the relationship she shared with her husband. Like most royal marriages at the time, it had more to do with the union of two houses into a paternership than a privy love affair. 

As Turks

In 1393, Sultan Bayezid Han conquered Trpovo on July 17. Ivan and his family were captured, it does seems like Dragana was one of the family members who were captured. 

In 1395, Ivan Shishman was executed by order of Sultan Bayezid. In the meantime Aleksander converted to Islam (It is unknown if Dragana converted with him) and became Iskender. Bayezid showed mercy to his kin and put him in a position of power, Iskender became the governer of an area near the Black Sea and was now referred to as "Iskender Bey". 

Later Life 

Nothing is known about the later life of Dragana, after 1395 Serbian sources lost track of her.

Wether or not she outlived her husband is unknown, but if she did this might confirm that she did in fact convert to Islam along side her husband and became Turk, which is why she never returned home; to Serbia.

Issue

There are no known decsendants of either Iskender Bey or Dragana. 

( Sources: “КЋЕРИ КНЕЗА ЛАЗАРА ИС��ОРИЈСКА СТУДИЈА ПОГОВОР” by Jelka Redep, Dve srpske sultanije : Olivera Lazarevic (1373-1444) : Mara Brankovic (1418-1487) by Nikola Giljen )

[librarycomic]

Maurice by Jessixa Bagley. Chronicle, 2023. 9781797211732. https://www.powells.com/book/-9781797211732?partnerid=34778&p_bt

After reading Bagley's graphic novel Duel (illustrated by her husband Aaron), I ordered a few of her picture books. This was my favorite. It's about a friendly, once-famous accordion-playing dog in Paris living a humble life with his birds, and what happens when he can no longer afford to keep them. It's a bit sad and simply wonderful.

The Grand Hotel of Feelings by Lidia Brankovic. Cicada Books, 2023. 978800660410. https://www.cicadabooks.co.uk/books/p/the-grand-hotel-of-feelings

The manager at the Grand Hotel of Feelings tries to welcome each of the feelings, and figure out what they need even though they're not all great to spend time with. This is a strange book full of illustrations that are wonderful and sometimes a bit of a puzzle in a good way; what's the name of that little blue feeling with wings?

My Strange Shrinking Parents by Zeno Sworder. Thames & Hudson, 2023. 9781760762957. Includes a brief note from the author at the end. https://www.powells.com/book/-9781760762957?partnerid=34778&p_bt

The narrator's parents came from far away and had difficult lives, but they are full of love for their son. And as they raise him the work they do doesn't provide enough money for school and uniforms and birthday cakes and such, so they trade a few inches of their height for whatever he needs.

[pbjelly90art]

Here's another batch of Spaceverse art, this time including some older pieces from before we officially started the RP. This batch includes characters on the Vault, where the whole RP started, and some other Interstellar Police (ISP) characters not previously included in past posts.

In order, we have: Ramiro, Tracey, Jia Mei, Josefa with Martim, then some sketches that predate this RP, including a past picture of Jose and Martim, Martim solo, then Bogdan, Rayen, Samora, Philippe, Ace, Mei, Gemma, Ruth, Josefa, Petra, then Petra again, her son Nikki, Ace, Mark, Jax, Rigo, Grace (not adapted yet), Boyd (not adapted yet), Jin Sidao (not part of the ISP, but a major criminal) and Tony one of his lieutenants.

All of these older sketches but Jose still need Spaceverse AU sketches, but these were worth archiving for reference. One difference for example will be that Philippe is part ice Fae/oighear in Spaceverse, in addition to his fox shifter heritage, so whenever I draw him a new portrait, he'll have pointed Fae ears.

Jax belongs to Cookie and I need to adapt a different character to fill the role I have set up for him. Mark belongs to Sakume (and needs a new sketch of his cyborg self.) The rest of these characters belong to me.

[uhode]

Bok :) imas li mozda kakve preporuke za Beograd? Sto vidjeti, gdje na kavu/piće, hrana, hidden gems, što god? Dolazim na vikend za tjedan dana, nisam nikad bila :') tnx!

jao imam naravno!!!! ako juriš muzeje narodni je fantastičan, muzej jugoslavije i muzej savremene umetnosti su isto prezabavni i karte su smešno jeftine, u knezu tj glavnoj ulici ima i galerija sanua i slobodan je ulaz, baš se brzo obidje i uvek su zanimljive postavke, isto imaš gomilu galerijica po dorćolu ni ja ne znam da ih nabrojim sve. od bioskopa sve preporuke za jugoslovensku kinoteku i bioskop zvezdu, gvirni na instagramu šta daju kada ali karte za kinoteku su 300 dinara tj malo manje od 3€ a za zvezdu je ulaz slobodan i plaća se samo dobrovoljna donacija kako bi bioskop opstao. e sad za restorane baš i nisam ekspert ali za pića i kafice imaš lokal u alekse nenadovića, monks bar u knjeginje zorke, to su neki moji go to, cetinjska je beogradjanima postala kliše ali je svakako zabavno, to je kompleks lokala koje bih najbolje okarakterisala kao hipsterske i pretenciozne ali nisu loši samo mi volimo da ih pljujemo. gradski prevoz nije baš baš najefikasniji ali nije loš, možeš da se švercuješ do mile volje ako udje kontrola pošalješ A90 na 9011 i kupiš kartu to ti dodje oko 90 centi malo manje. moovit kida kad ne znaš kako da dodješ donekle i tačne su navedene autobuske linije. ako ti nije cimanje svrati do zemuna malo prošetaj se do dunava sedni negde kraj vode to je uvek fino, ako te mrzi da ideš do zemuna možeš da svratiš do savskog keja ispod kalemegdana ali ne u beton halu već na drugu stranu, brankov most nije strašan može da se predje peške, ima par slatkih lokala tamo kraj reke. malo sam se raspričala ali ako te zanima išta specifično pitaj slobodno sve ću ti reći