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Armorial Tapestries in Kronborg Castle: King Valdemar II
The next tapestry in order of his reign is that depicting Valdemar II “the Victorious” (king 1202-1241):Clad in his shining armor, the king carries his crown, the most powerful symbol of royalty, and...
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Armorial Tapestries in Kronborg Castle: King Erik VI
Next we come to the tapestry depicting Erik VI (king 1241-1250):The king wears a crown on top of his hat and is dressed in a costume with no authentic historical reference – supposedly signifying that...
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Armorial Tapestries in Kronborg Castle: King Abel
Next we come to the tapestry depicting the short reign of Abel (king 1250-1252):A quiet peasant scene and a group of hunters on foot or mounted on horses is seen in the background of the tapestry. This...
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Finally! Some New Entries
Something has finally happened that some of us have been waiting and hoping would occur for some time.The New England Historic Genealogical Society's (NEHGS) Committee on Heraldry has over the years...
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Heraldry in the News!
Late last week I ran across an article about some heraldry with a more or less local flavor.I say "more or less" local, as Texas is a large state, and Dallas, where I live, and San Antonio, where the...
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Armorial Tapestries at Kronborg Castle: Kings Erik VII and Erik VIII
Now we come to a tapestry not one king, but two: Erik VII (king 1259-1286) and Erik VIII (king 1286-1319) The destiny of Erik VII is intertwined with perhaps one of the most well-known murders in...
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Armorial Tapestries at Kronborg Castle: King Christoffer II
The next tapestry in this royal series is that depicting Christoffer II (king 1319-1332):Accompanied by trumpeting horsemen, a knights’ tournament is held in the background to the right. To the left, a...
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Armorial Tapestries at Kronborg Castle: King Oluf
Finally, in the last tapestry of this series, we come to the one depicting Oluf (king 1376-1387):Oluf was the son of the Norwegian King Haakon VI and Margrete, the daughter of the Danish King Valdemar...
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Well, Now What?
So, our last post, Thursday, March 31, 2022, was the last of our trip to Belgium and then on to Denmark.Normally by now we'd have been on at least one, and more likely, two or three, trips with new...
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How Is a Logo or Trademark Different from a Coat of Arms?
Frankly, an honest answer to the question posed above is, "Sometimes, not very much."But let's start with defining some terms.The term trademark refers to a recognizable insignia [e.g., a logo],...
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How a Coat of Arms Is Different From a Logo, Part 1
Last time we discussed trademarks and logos, and how they pretty much have to be reproduced identically every time. And how sometimes people think that coats of arms are like that; that each depiction...
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How a Coat of Arms Is Different From a Logo, Part 2
In our last post, we looked at a wide variety of renditions of the coat of arms of Heidelberg, Germany, as an example of the variety that you can get in heraldry that you cannot do with a logo or...
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Welcome to David Appleton's "Art Deco Fun With Heraldry"!
And Art Deco fun with heraldry-like objects.As I threatened promised you, today we' re going back a few years, to a trip we took to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts a long, long time ago (2008).And...
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Differing, But Erroneous, Depictions of the Arms of the United States
Continuing to look at how heraldry is not like logos and trademarks, we come to several different depictions (some incorrect!) of the arms of the United States of America that we came across in our...
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Guess Where You'll See Many Depictions of the Coat of Arms of Massachusetts
Aw! You guessed.But that's right! In the Commonwealth of Massachusetts!We saw quite a number of versions of the Massachusetts arms as we traveled about the eastern end of the state.A good blazon of the...
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Fight Fiercely, Harvard. Fight, Fight, Fight!
Those are some of the words to an old Tom Lehrer song.He was a mathematician at Harvard University, who for several years in the Sixties also wrote songs, including what he suggests would have been a...
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The (Heraldic) Johnston Gate
There is a gate (one of several) in the wall surrounding the Harvard University campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts. This particular gate is called the Johnston Gate, named for Samuel Johnston who...
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Three Coats of Arms by a Famous Sculptor
There are three coats of arms on the façade of the Boston Public Central Library at Copley Square.Done in relief, they are especially notable for having been done by American sculptor of French-Irish...
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Absence of Evidence Is Sometimes Evidence of Absence
Well, we very recently returned from a week-long trip to Massachusetts from our home in Texas. We'd been looking forward to this trip for a long time -- we had to cancel it in the fall of 2019 just as...
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Oh, Look! More Non-Heraldry!
Okay, I promised you in my last post that I would include a couple more items of not-heraldry that I saw on my recent trip to Massachusetts.These were found in Plymouth, up next to Burial Hill, on the...
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