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  1. 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:
    tinyurl.com/arms1750

    Learn about the Journals at MemsDead.com

    #OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Fermanagh

  2. 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

  3. 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

  4. @medieval_illuminations #TIL: the central arms (azure, a lion rampant argent) are those of Monhaut, a #Flintshire family:
    theheraldrysociety.com/article

    The arms of Clare are unmistakeable, & Baxter (1987) suggested other heraldic allusions to Berkeley & Bohun:
    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

  5. @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: bl.uk/manuscripts/Viewer.aspx? (description at bl.uk/manuscripts/FullDisplay.)
    #MatthewParis #heraldry #marginalia #13thCentury #BritishLibrary

  6. Wondering how many people use #heraldry #blasoning or a variant thereof for #imagecaption purposes such as #alttext. Being that blasoning is meant to be both brief and descriptive, it would come handy to revive it in a modernized form. #A11Y #accessibility