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Another (Different) Version of a Founder's Arms
In our last post we looked at, among others, the arms of Bishop William Turnbull as emblazoned in a stained glass window in Glasgow University's Memorial Chapel.Those arms we blazoned as Argent three...
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Heraldry in the Choir Stalls of the Memorial Chapel, Glasgow University, Part 1
There is a wonderful display of heraldry in the choir stalls in the Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow. It is here that the University displays the arms of its Chancellors from its foundation...
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Heraldry in the Choir Stalls of the Memorial Chapel, Glasgow University, Part 2
Continuing our review of the heraldry of the University Chancellors in the choir stalls of the Memorial Chapel at the University of Glasgow, today we're going to look at the ones on the left-hand side...
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A Final Coat of Arms at the University of Glasgow
Before moving along to our next venue in Glasgow, there is one more coat of arms to consider.It is placed on the exterior of a building, in the same doorway as the arms of Bishop William Turnbull, whom...
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The Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum - Non-Heraldry
Following our tour of the University of Glasgow, we all marched down the hill to the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum.It's a big place, with a most eclectic collection. I mean, really, in one of the...
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Heraldry on the Kelvingrove Exterior - Part 1
There is all around the exterior of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum a series of thirty carved shields (beyond the non-heraldic ones) with coats of arms from various towns and counties in...
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Heraldry on the Kelvingrove Exterior - Part 2
Continuing our alphabetical way around the exterior of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, we come to the following coats of arms. As before, the non-Kelvingrove images are from Heraldry of the...
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Heraldry on the Kelvingrove Exterior - Part 3
Continuing our meander all the way around the exterior of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, we find the following arms. Again, the images not of red sandstone carved arms are found on the...
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Heraldry on the Kelvingrove Exterior - Part 4
In the final leg of our trip around the exterior of the Kelvingrove, we find the following eight civic coats of arms. As before, supplemental images of the arms were found on the Heraldry of the World...
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A Final Piece of Heraldry on the Exterior of the Kelvingrove
At long last, having walked all the way around the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum in Glasgow, just before we go in an entry, we find one more coat of arms.It is, of course, a variant of the arms of...
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A Really Nice Armorial "Thank You" Gift
In amongst the very eclectic collections of the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum I found this very nice piece of armorial silver:It was, as the inscription on it notes:PresentedTo James Beaumont...
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A Final Heraldic Stop at the Kelvingrove
As our group left the Kelvingrove Art Gallery and Museum, we passed a tall sundial:Sundials always tend to get my attention in any case; I find their variety to be fascinating. This one attracted me...
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Old Armorial Stained Glass in the Provand’s Lordship, Glasgow
Provand’s Lordship is the oldest house in Glasgow. It is believed to have been built near Glasgow Cathedral in 1471. By the 1600s, it had become a private home. From the 18th through the early 20th...
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Some More Old Armorial Stained Glass in Provand's Lordship
The Beaumont and Ramsden arms in old stained glass panels were not the only such arms to be found in Provand's Lordship in Glasgow.Other such panels found there include the related families of Copley...
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A New Coat of Arms at Yale University
Just over a year ago, Yale University’s Calhoun College was renamed Grace Hopper College, in honor of Grace Murray Hopper, a Yale alumnus, trailblazing computer scientist, and Rear Admiral in the...
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Carved Wood Royal Arms
Continuing our tour through Provand's Lordship, the oldest house in Glasgow, we came across the following carved spruce panel with the Royal coat of arms as used in Scotland.The sign with it states:...
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A Little Heraldic Something to Sit In
In addition to the carved wooden Royal Arms in our last post, suitable for ornate display, Provand's Lordship has some more practical carved wooden coats of arms.In particular, they have an oak chair,...
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Another Armorial Chair
There was another not-very-comfortable-looking chair in Provand's Lordship in Glasgow with a coat of arms carved into its back. This one, alas, did not have a sign giving any information about it, so...
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Heraldic Usurpation in the News
I had considered covering the second of these two items at a later date, but then the first item was brought to my attention very recently, and because they both touched on the same general topic, I...
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"I'm the Earl of Huntingdon (and You're Not)!"
Continuing to make our way through Provand's Lordship in Glasgow, and its extensive collection of old furniture and furnishings - some heraldic and some not - I ran across the following carved wooden...
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