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Some New Information on an Old Post
Way back at the end of December 2014 I had discussed an armorial plate that I seen in the National Gallery in Washington, DC. (http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2014/12/heraldic-porcelain.html)Reader of...
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Royal Heraldry in the Trades Hall, Glasgow
There is a lot of heraldry throughout the Trades Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.No, I mean, really, there is a lot of heraldry there. Including, as you will see here, a number of depictions in different...
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More Trades Heraldry in the Trades Hall
The dome, the chair, and the stained glass window were not the only displays of trades/guild heraldry in the Trades Hall in Glasgow. The following are some of the depictions of the arms of the guilds...
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Carved Arms in the Trades Hall
As I noted in my post of Januarhy 23, inside the front entrance of the Trades Hall in Glasgow is a long row of carved wooden benches.These oak benches run the full length of the passageway, stretching...
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A Grand Entrance
Leaving the entryway of the Trades Hall in Glasgow and walking just a couple of blocks over to one side of St. George's Square, we find the building that houses the offices of the City of Glasgow and...
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Burgh Court Heraldry
One of the very interesting activities in which we were able to play the part of spectators was a session of the Court of the Lord Lyon King of Arms.Since it was being held "on the road," as it were,...
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Some University Heraldry
The day after the International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences in Glasgow ended the last of the lecture series, there was a day-long tour of the City of Glasgow and environs. Not...
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Some Big Heraldic Support
Well, okay, some big heraldic supporters.Walking around the exterior of one of the buildings at the University of Glasgow, we passed an impressive stairway "guarded" by a pair of the supporters from...
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It's Not Heraldry, But ....
There are times that I just love living in this day and age. Occasionally, I think that living maybe fifty years from now might be even better, but still, what's happening now just amazes me.In this...
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Royal Heraldry in the University Chapel
The tour organizers took us into the Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow, which had a lot of heraldry in various media. I hope to share with you some of the heraldry in the choir stalls, but...
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The Oldest Known Printed Bookplate
I very recently ran across an item entitled "The First Known Printed Bookplate," and wouldn't you know it? The oldest bookplate is armorial!It's a woodcut print dated to 1480, and the owner was the...
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Three Owls on a Coat of Arms. The Question Is Asked, "Why?"
It's always interesting to run across an article (whether on the internet or in a newspaper or magazine) that discusses a coat of arms, and the background of and reasons for the particular charges.In...
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A Newspaper Article Misidentifies a Coat of Arms
Though I suppose I really should ask: Is anyone surprised? Anyone? Bueller? Bueller? (Sorry, I couldn't resist!)Anyway, in a recent (March 4, 2017) article entitled "Kate Kennedy Club awarded its own...
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Three Boar's Heads on a Coat of Arms. Again It Is Asked: "Why?"
Like the arms of Cleethorpes in the last post, in another article from the Grimsby Telegraph we have a discussion about the coat of arms of Grimsby, Argent a chevron between three boar's heads couped...
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What Does That Symbolize?
One of the questions we often get as heralds is what a particular shape or charge means.Generally, the real answer is, "We don't know."Other times, however, we do know, and it can be more than one...
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I Had A Great Time
I had a great time Thursday night (March 16) talking about doing genealogical research in New England to the Williamson County (Texas) Genealogy Society!There were even some transplanted New Englanders...
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Another Shirt for the Heraldry Collection
I regularly go out and take a look at the daily offerings on a number of "daily tee shirt" websites. Most of the time, it's okay. It's not often that a site will have an offering that appeals to my...
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More Heraldic Serendipity
Having a really great space in our living room above the large television which is just crying out for a piece of art to be hung there, we finally bit the bullet and actually went out to an arts and...
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Just Because It Looks Heraldic ...
Just because it looks heraldic, and just because it's used a lot like a coat of arms, doesn't necessarily mean that it is really heraldry.A case in point is the logo of the Liverpool (England)...
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Royal and Ecclesiastical Heraldry in the University Chapel, Glasgow
Okay, I've been fiddling around long enough, and it's time to get back to more of the heraldry we saw in Glasgow, Scotland last August. (Yes, there's a whole lot more to go!)In this particular case,...
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