Category Archives: heraldry

me and my chainsaw

Posted on Friday, 2006 February 03 by Anton

Drunk with power, last night I did some severe pruning in Wikipedia’s main Heraldry article, taking out a lot of arcana that do not belong in an overview (barrulets? erminites?) and adding a few paragraphs on design principles, symbolism (or … Continue reading →

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heraldry today?

Posted on Monday, 2005 February 14 by Anton

I wonder whether any entity in Holstein uses a symbol like this. The coat of arms of the former Counts is usually described as a white nettle-leaf (nesselblatt) on a red field, but has also been seen as a white … Continue reading →

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venerable icons

Posted on Thursday, 2005 February 10 by Anton

Twenty years ago I sometimes played cards with a deck of six suits: the extras (both blue) were boat-wheels and pairs of tennis racquets. Recently I thought, if I were designing a deck with new suits, they’d be heraldic favorites … Continue reading →

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