#heraldry — Public Fediverse posts
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On this day in 1627, James Galwey died. His elaborate tomb in the Galway Chapel at St. Multose Church, Kinsale, Co. Cork, is described and explained in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/galwey1627
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
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On this day in 1841, John Burdett died aged 65. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from St. Mary's, Dublin, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/burd1841
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
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@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/751325This 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
