My First Mod - The Green Serpent
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Let me re-load that second pic so it's vertical.
I ordered the pre-cut vinyl 4" serpents from...
https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ours...tickers-Cut-Vinyl-Various-Colours-4-Pair.html
I ordered the pre-cut vinyl 4" serpents from...
https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ours...tickers-Cut-Vinyl-Various-Colours-4-Pair.html
Attachments
this would be a good one for one of the centre console knobs
https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ours...Style-Self-Adhesive-Laser-Car-Badge-25mm.html
https://www.isaydingdong.co.uk/ours...Style-Self-Adhesive-Laser-Car-Badge-25mm.html
Well look at that! I learned something new today!
The biscione (Italian pronunciation: [biʃˈʃone]; in Milanese as the bissa), also known as the vipera ("viper"), is a heraldic charge showing in argent an azure serpent in the act of consuming a human; usually a child and sometimes described as a Moor or an Ottoman Turk.
(hey, how in the heck does a Viper swallow a whole person like the logo???) LOL!
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Not really a mod...just adding some personalization.
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well kind of...the Alfa shield (white field w/red cross) is that of St.George the Serpent/Dragon Slayer...just a little useless cocktail party trivia
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Do it! That actually sounds fantastic. Generally I hate modifications but you aren't going overboard at all. Nice work
i think you might have used up the whole Happy Hour with that tall tale LoL
since we are recalling lets look at it
http://jalopnik.com/alfa-gives-us-the-official-line-on-whats-up-with-their-1627173581
here is the reply from the Alfa Museum
Alfa Romeo has one of the most ancient and historical emblem among all car brands in the world. This emblem was born on 1910, a few months after the Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (ALFA) foundation, on June 24th 1910.
On the left: the red cross on white field is the symbol of Milan, the hometown of Alfa Romeo.
On the right: the symbol of one of the most important families in the history of Milan (and Italy), the Visconti family – the family that ruled Milan. There are a lot of legends about the origins of this heraldic symbol, representing a mythological animal with a human in his mouth (some believe it to be a dragon, but most likely a snake). During the time of the crusades, Otone Visconti , the founder of Visconti Family and a knight, fought against a noble Saracen knight (nomad from the Syrian Desert that bordered the Roman Empire). Otone beat the Saracen knight and, following the tradition, took the symbols the Saracen carried on his shield: a snake with a human in his mouth. At first glance, it looks like the snake is eating the human. Instead, the human is coming out of the snake a "new man," purified and renewed.
then there is this from Alfa Romeo website Aus which explains the origins of the red cross against the white background
http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/alfa-world/blog/400-the-alfa-romeo-logo
The red cross and white background meanwhile recalls the accomplishments of Giovanni Da Rio who may have been the first to scale Jerusalem's walls during the first crusade, and erected a cross there. This simple image has since become the widely recognised symbol of Milan.
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i think you might have used up the whole Happy Hour with that tall tale LoL
since we are recalling lets look at it
http://jalopnik.com/alfa-gives-us-the-official-line-on-whats-up-with-their-1627173581
here is the reply from the Alfa Museum
Alfa Romeo has one of the most ancient and historical emblem among all car brands in the world. This emblem was born on 1910, a few months after the Anonima Lombarda Fabbrica Automobili (ALFA) foundation, on June 24th 1910.
On the left: the red cross on white field is the symbol of Milan, the hometown of Alfa Romeo.
On the right: the symbol of one of the most important families in the history of Milan (and Italy), the Visconti family – the family that ruled Milan. There are a lot of legends about the origins of this heraldic symbol, representing a mythological animal with a human in his mouth (some believe it to be a dragon, but most likely a snake). During the time of the crusades, Otone Visconti , the founder of Visconti Family and a knight, fought against a noble Saracen knight (nomad from the Syrian Desert that bordered the Roman Empire). Otone beat the Saracen knight and, following the tradition, took the symbols the Saracen carried on his shield: a snake with a human in his mouth. At first glance, it looks like the snake is eating the human. Instead, the human is coming out of the snake a "new man," purified and renewed.
then there is this from Alfa Romeo website Aus which explains the origins of the red cross against the white background
http://www.alfaromeo.com.au/alfa-world/blog/400-the-alfa-romeo-logo
The red cross and white background meanwhile recalls the accomplishments of Giovanni Da Rio who may have been the first to scale Jerusalem's walls during the first crusade, and erected a cross there. This simple image has since become the widely recognised symbol of Milan.
the white field & red cross has been used by MANY over the course of history...so I will differ to Alfa's story on their website...LOL
and good old Saint George was around before the Visconti....which is a blue Biscione:grin2:
i think you better get back to your cocktales because your tall ones arent getting much of a bite
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we may as well settle this amicably ...
Milan's flag has been around since the 10th Century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Milan
The Cross Of St George upon which the English flag is based was attributed to the Third Crusade in the Late Middle Ages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross
they both are linked to The Port Of Genoa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa
which adopted the St George Cross specifically, and also the Knights Templar had a hand in it somewhere as well
but i think ole Saint Ambrose may have scooped the lot of them
Milan's flag has been around since the 10th Century
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Flag_of_Milan
The Cross Of St George upon which the English flag is based was attributed to the Third Crusade in the Late Middle Ages
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saint_George%27s_Cross
they both are linked to The Port Of Genoa
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Republic_of_Genoa
which adopted the St George Cross specifically, and also the Knights Templar had a hand in it somewhere as well
but i think ole Saint Ambrose may have scooped the lot of them
anyway, sorry about that off topic wander, I better bail out, or my first mod will be a mod warning LoL
cheers
looking at getting some of these stickers, maybe a small quadrifoglio for the rear near the license plate or a biscione,
cheers
looking at getting some of these stickers, maybe a small quadrifoglio for the rear near the license plate or a biscione,
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Awesome! I was just going to suggest the same thing. Green calipers on a black car would be truly cool.
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