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On this day in 1750, William Armstrong of Drumcose died aged 68. The Journals show the coat of arms on his gravestone at Old Rossorry, Co. Fermanagh:
https://tinyurl.com/arms1750

Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com

#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Fermanagh

All who recognise the distinctive arms of Elizabeth de Burgh, #LadyOfClare, will be surprised to see a man in armour at #LeedsCastle bearing Clare family arms in a border she adopted after extinction of the male line. Meanwhile the horse wears... paisley? In her grandmother's castle, where fairies & dragons now also roam...
#heraldry #dreamscape @medievodons

Heraldic Kittehs

#draw #drawing #draweveryday #dailydrawing #dailysketch #sketch #sketchbook #art #mastoart #artwork #comic #cartoon #cats #heraldry #meow #fun #silly #digitalink #digitalinkillustration #makeartnotwar #drawingaddict #whimsicalart #noai #charactersketch #characterart #characterconcept #characterdesign #conceptart #conceptillustration #illustration #illustrate #illustrator

I see the RNZCGP logo (last one) is likely an evolution of the RCGP to which I must ask what the FUCK is up with your doctor's cat

(it is a lynx, and the spots indicate it is all-seeing)

#heraldry #symbology #gentian #lynx #all-seeing #unicorn #barbers #owl #gavel #snake #medicine #enlightenment #nursing

@medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
https://www.theheraldrysociety.com/articles/the-siege-of-caerlaverock/

The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
https://www.jstor.org/stable/751325

This bestiary's dated to the 1240s, a time of turmoil. Marcher lords may have enjoyed dreaming of military surprise...

#medieval #heraldry #13thCentury #bestiary #ElephantAndCastle #Bodleian #elephant @medievodons

@dailymedievaldeath I see the same royal arms & crown are then shown right way up for the accession of Stephen's successor #HenryII. Thanks for highlighting this use of inverted arms.
f117r of this #manuscript records the deaths of Gilbert de Clare & William Marshal - & with clasped hands, the remarriage of Isabel, the daughter of William & widow of Gilbert: https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx?ref=royal_ms_14_c_vii_f117r (description at https://www.bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.aspx?ref=Royal_MS_14_c_vii)
#MatthewParis #heraldry #marginalia #13thCentury #BritishLibrary