'The boast of heraldry, the pomp of power, and all that beauty, all
that wealth e'er gave, await alike the inevitable hour. The paths of
glory lead but to the grave.'
— Thomas Gray
'Heraldry is history, sign language, and symbolism all in one.'
— Anonymous
'Many persons regard arms
as nothing more than a set of uncouth and unintelligible emblems
by which families are distinguished from one another; the language
by which they are described as an antiquated 'jargon'; and both
as little worthy of an hour's examination as astrology, alchemy
or palmistry. This is a mistake; and such individuals are guilty,
however unintentionally, of a great injustice to a lordly, poetical,
and useful science.'
— Mark Antony Lower
'A coat of arms is but a chronicle of noble ancestors, reminding us that
while the family may have fought dragons, we’re still stuck with the
in-laws.'
— Anonymous |
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| Portugal |
Humbert
I of Savoy |
Michiel
de Ruyter |
Savoy |
Caetani,
Gaetani |
Murray-Prior |
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| Sestiere
of Florence |
Derrer |
Tomasi
di Lampedusa |
Charles
Croslegh |
Escoubleau-Brives |
Bonghi
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| Bellini
del Susina |
Veertigen
members |
Mantegna |
Orsini |
Cardinal
Lang von W. |
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| Bolognini
Attendolo |
Happart |
Beniczky |
Vallejo |
Allies
of Jean de Bruges |
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| Orange-Nassau |
Cardinal
Wolsey |
Pignatelli
d'Aragona C. |
Tinctures |
Apponyi |
St
Andrews University |
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| Morandi
di Ravenna |
Stearns |
Amirejibi |
Facchinetti |
Tomasi
di Lampedusa |
Cardinal
Wolsey |
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| Adimari |
Clovis King of the Franks |
Zeeland,
Holland, W,F, |
Gordone
di Camastra |
Palmer
& Rey, co. |
Pennington |
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| Orange-Nassau |
Bianchi
di Casalanza |
HRE
nobility |
Bellini
delle Stelle |
Obrenović |
Palazzo
Vecchio |
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| Borssele |
Missouri |
Angoulême
& Savoy |
Ruffo |
Carlo
Maggo |
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| Vespucci |
Colleoni,
etc |
Della
Rovere-Gonzaga |
Albert
P of Wales |
Franz Töpsl |
Empress
Bertha |
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| Paris
Hôtel de Ville |
Savoy |
Fresnoy |
Johannes
Eck |
K
of Hungary-Bohemia |
Gómez
de Cervantes |
Botetourte, etc |
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| Witte |
Medici |
Low Countries |
Pope
Felix V |
White
of Wallingwells |
Fraser
of Lovat |
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Perestrello |
Derrer |
Agosti |
Savoy
and branches |
Averton
of Maine |
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