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New Heraldry in the News!
The town of Niagara-on-the-Lake has unveiled its new coat of arms recently, on the 200th anniversary of the razing of the town by American forces during the War of 1812. (I remember, years ago - we...
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Oh, My!
Just in time for Christmas! The Gallo Family Vineyards of offering their free on-line "Crest Creator." Now you, too, can go to their website and create - to download or to share - a "family crest"...
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Once Again ...
... I have found it to be true: "You can find heraldry everywhere!"In this specific instance, I had taken my lunch time and left the office where I work to walk to a nearby shopping center to see if I...
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Herald in the News!
Philip O'Shea, New Zealand Herald of Arms Extraordinary since 1978, has been honored by Queen Elizabeth II by being made a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order. (He was previously a Lieutenant of...
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Heraldry in the World of Fine Art
For the first blog post of a new year, I ran across an article in Antiques & Fine Art Magazine entitled "X-Radiography Examination of an Embroidered Coat of Arms" by Angela Duckwall, about the...
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"It's Everywhere! It's Everywhere!"
One of my favorite quotes to cite when talking to genealogists about heraldry is one from author L.G. Pine in his book Heraldry and Genealogy:At the outset there is a curious fact in the relationship...
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Some New Heraldry for My Office Wall
I'd been paying attention to an on-line discussion with an artist who was asking for some advice about a coat of arms which he was interested in carving. I was paying especial attention to it because...
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A College of Arms "Mashup"
It's always interesting to me to see some of the on-line discussions about the English College of Arms in London, almost entirely by people who aren't affiliated with it, but you get such a wide range...
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Tempest in an Heraldic Teacup
For almost all of the last ten years, this has been the seal of Los Angeles County in California:It's very busy, heraldically speaking. But the building in the center panel on the right (heraldic...
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"Heraldry Is Alive and Kicking Within 21st Century British Society"
So says Dan McCabe, who recently completed his Masters study in Graphic Design at the London College of Communication, achieving a Distinction for his work.He had created an experiment whose purpose...
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Armory at London's "Cathedral of Sewage"
A friend recently sent me a link to an article entitled "London's Cathedral of Sewage" about the Abbey Mills pumping station, which was built in the mid-1860s as part of sewage treatment system....
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A Piece of Good (Heraldic) Advice
I ran across the following in a Facebook post.I don't think anything more needs to be said.
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I Thought I Recognized That Shield!
Working at a law firm as I do, occasionally I'll see some correspondence or an envelope from another law firm which uses an heraldic-like device as a logo. Recently, a letter came over my desk with...
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The Symbolism in One City's Coat of Arms
A book in the Images of America Series entitled Kinston, by Nina Moore (Arcadia Publishers, Charleston, South Carolina, 2002), gives the history and symbolism of most of the various charges and emblems...
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Heads Up! Exhibition Coming.
For those of you with an interest in heraldry, heralds, and Shakespeare, and especially if you live on (or can get to) the eastern coast of the United States, The Folger Shakespeare Library in...
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Better Than the Average Self-Assumed Arms
I recently ran across a self-assumed coat of arms for a Scottish society (one of probably hundreds which exist in the United States; sometimes it feels like you can't swing a dead bagpipe without...
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"Hark! the Heraldry"
A nice review of a recent heraldry book appeared recently on the Catholic News Service under the headline: "Hark, the heraldry: cracking the coat of arms code." I think that the headline may be a...
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A Really Neat Heraldic Bookplate
I've added another heraldic artist to the list of artists down the left-hand column of this blog, and added his blog to the list of blogs which is also in that column.The artist's name is Tudor-Radu...
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A New Website of Heraldic Clipart
Late last week I ran across a new website for heraldic clipart which I have added to the On-Line Heraldic Clipart listing (in the left-hand column on this blog), but I also thought that it was worth...
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It's Not That Hard. Why Is It So Often Wrong?
I've been looking at some of the uses (and sometimes, misuses) of the arms of the United States of America for a potential upcoming presentation. (I'm still waiting to hear back from the Scientific...
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