About the Cover Illustration

The figure on the cover of SharePoint 2010 Workflows in Action is captioned “A man from Draganić, near Karlovac, Croatia.” The illustration is taken from a reproduction of an album of traditional Croatian costumes from the mid-nineteenth century by Nikola Arsenovic, published by the Ethnographic Museum in Split, Croatia, in 2003. The illustrations were obtained from a helpful librarian at the Ethnographic Museum in Split, itself situated in the Roman core of the medieval center of the town: the ruins of Emperor Diocletian’s retirement palace from around AD 304. The book includes finely colored illustrations of figures from different regions of Croatia, accompanied by descriptions of the costumes and of everyday life.

Draganić is a small town in Karlovac County located in central Croatia. The man on the cover is wearing a costume typical to this region. Over a white shirt, he dons a waistcoat with double buttons. His jacket and pants are made of white wool with blue embroidered edges. He tops the outfit with a black hat and a tie around his neck. He also carries a red woolen bag over his shoulder and is wearing high black boots.