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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;Any Jewelry, post: 237794, member: 2844&quot;]I think you are confused with Bürgermeister, German for mayor. I have never seen regular men in the late 19th century looking like Franciscan monks. I don&#039;t think a mayor would have kept his job for very long looking like that, after all, a mayor has to look respectable<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/wink.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=";)" unselectable="on" />. Here is a picture of a German gentleman who was mayor of Osnabrück until 1872.</p><p><img src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3f/Die_Gartenlaube_%281872%29_b_167.jpg/220px-Die_Gartenlaube_%281872%29_b_167.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p>Another German mayor, of Preetz, 1870-1872:</p><p>[ATTACH=full]72293[/ATTACH]</p><p>Franciscan friars, the first one by Rembrandt:</p><p><img src="http://c7.alamy.com/comp/G1DDBF/paining-titled-a-franciscan-friar-by-rembrandt-harmenszoon-van-rijn-G1DDBF.jpg" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=https%3A%2F%2Fs-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com%2F736x%2F06%2F02%2F82%2F060282c012de022b4e11ec57a0058776.jpg&amp;sp=75f2221fa9f52abe8f46a69e59e293ad" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" /></p><p><br /></p><p>St. Francis preaching to doves (another Franciscan on the left), by Giotto. Just put it in because I like it<img src="styles/default/xenforo/smilies/smile.png" class="mceSmilie" alt=":)" unselectable="on" />:</p><p><img src="https://s14-eu5.ixquick.com/cgi-bin/serveimage?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.theimaginativeconservative.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2016%2F10%2FSt.FrancisPreachingtotheBirds_Giotto.jpg&amp;sp=df782a115b1288fc93ec60b499e5d9c2" class="bbCodeImage wysiwygImage" alt="" unselectable="on" />[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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