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College Arms on the Cambridge Train Station Façade, Part 3
Continuing our long walk along the front of the railroad station in Cambridge, England, photographing the roundels with coats of arms in them, we come to the following:Pembroke College, which bears the...
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College Arms on the Cambridge Train Station Façade, Part 4
In our final steps along the façade of the train station in Cambridge, England, we find the following College heraldry:Selwyn College. The College was founded by public subscription as a memorial to...
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College Arms in the Cambridge Union Building, Part 1 of 2
I have to apologize for this (and the next) one, I really do. We had gone to the Cambridge Union Building for the opening ceremony of the Congress, and I noticed that all around the front of the...
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College Arms in the Cambridge Union Building, Part 2 of 2
To finish up our look at the arms of the Colleges of Cambridge University on display in the meeting hall of the Cambridge Union Building, let me start with a couple more establishing shots of the arms...
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Finding the Arms of Clare College, Cambridge University
Having now covered some of the places in Cambridge where you can find depictions of multiples of the Colleges of Cambridge University, now we are going to go a little more in-depth on some of the...
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Heralds Don't Pun, They Cant.
The title of this post is an old saw about heralds, and a play on the words "can't" (or cannot) and "cant" (meaning "a rebus,* or pictorial pun").What brought this post about was an article posted last...
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Heraldry Down the Street and Around the Corner
Stepping out the front door of our hotel in Cambridge, England, and turning immediately to our left, this is the scene we saw:And this is a close-up of the coat of arms on the pediment of that building...
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Is It Real, or Is It .... ?
This next coat of arms that I ran across in Cambridge, England, is a bit of a mystery.For one thing, I only found one instance of it.For another, I haven't been able to find its use anywhere else. Not...
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Two Colleges, Two Impressive Gates, One Historical Coat of Arms, Part 1
Continuing down St. Andrew's Street from Emmanuel College, which we looked at in our post before last, we came to the very impressive gate of Christ's College on the right.The above photograph, taken...
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Two Colleges, Two Impressive Gates, One Historical Coat of Arms, Part 2
Having looked at the gate to Christ's College, Cambridge, which prominently displays the arms, crest, supporters, and several badges of its founder, Lady Margaret Beaufort, we move on to the gate of...
View ArticleUpdated Again!
You know the old line that I use a lot, that "You can find heraldry everywhere"?Well, it turned out - slightly modified - to be true once again.This time, I had to modify it slightly to read: "You can...
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I've Been Proven True Once Again!
I've said it over and over, and periodically something will pop up that proves it true: You Can Find Heraldry Everywhere!This time, it was on a personalized license plate on an automobile that was...
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Some Methodist Heraldry (and Non-Heraldry) in Cambridge, England
One of the pleasures for me of being set loose on my own in a new town is the opportunity to find heraldry (and heraldry-like objects) on my meanderings.In today's post, it was the façade of the Wesley...
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Some More Methodist Heraldry in Cambridge
In another part of the city from the Wesley Methodist Church, I ran across some more Methodist heraldry at the Wesley House which is, as its website notes, "a reflective, cross-cultural community of...
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Two Different Coats of Arms at Queens' College, Cambridge
Sometimes, it really helps to have the book.No, really!I had photographed this gate (and the building behind it) without fully realizing at the time that there were two (count 'em! two!) coats of arms...
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Three (Okay, Four!) Different Coats of Arms at Jesus College, Cambridge
Our next stop on our tour of Cambridge is Jesus College, which has a pretty impressive gate and building façade.The College was founded in 1496 by John Alcock, the Bishop of Ely, and the arms of the...
View ArticleBecause Of Course They Did!
Well, sure, isn't that just how it always seems to happen?I recently did an update to my American Heraldry Collection (which can be downloaded for you to use from the "Some Articles I've Written"...
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Well, Whaddya Know? I Missed One!
The real trouble with going on a trip to someplace with lots, and Lots, and LOTS of heraldry, and thus taking lots, and Lots, and LOTS of photographs of heraldry, is getting back home and trying to...
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(Some of the) Heraldry at King's College, Cambridge
All right, I've been putting this one off for a while. Not because I didn't like it, but because there is so much heraldry there - coats of arms, and badges, and whatnot - that it felt a little...
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There's No Mistaking This Heraldic Entrance!
Having looked at the rear entrance to King's College, Cambridge, last time, today we go around front to the main entrance. It's a doozy!(Yes, that's another view of the Chapel on the right. And feel...
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