Having looked at the many, often differing, versions of the arms of the Middle Temple last time, today we're going to see the many depictions - not so widely differing - of the arms of The Honourable Society of the Middle Temple. These arms are blazoned Azure a Pegasus forceny [wings elevated and addorsed] [sometimes, segreant] argent.
These first two images seem to treat the Pegasus like a crest; it almost looks like it's standing on a torse.
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But then we find it on shields:
That's a wonderful display of heraldry, in a number of different media, and carvings of greater or lesser depth. Compare, for example, the last two images with each other.
I find it all simply fascinating to see!