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Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick (d.13 Apr 2014)
Slains Pursuivant - private herald to the Earl of Erroll
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Showing posts with label Heraldry. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Heraldry. Show all posts
Saturday, 19 April 2014
This Week's Obits of Interest
Wednesday, 13 March 2013
Annuntio vobis gaudium magnum: Habemus Papam!
And let's talk about the one thing I haven't heard the pundits on yet. No, not papal socks (Red or White anybody?): heraldry!
Here are Francis' pre-papal arms:
A pretty uninspiring effort, I think you'd agree. Hopefully the Vatican heralds will pull something better out of the hat. Efforts for past popes don't bode well though, and most Catholic heraldry is pretty poor to English eyes.
There is an Argentinian blog entry here discussing the significance of the design. You'll have to excuse the failings of the automatic translation.
The motto is interesting though - 'Lowly, but chosen'.
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