I love heraldic descriptions. They’re a little peek into what people from the past thought how people from THEIR past talked.
I also love how it ranges from the famous: “Azure, a bend or”, which means “A blue field with a diagonal stripe of gold”, to
Quarterly 1st and 4th Sable a lion rampant on a canton Argent a cross Gules; 2nd and 3rd quarterly Argent and Gules in the 2nd and 3rd quarters a fret Or overall on a bend Sable three escallops of the first and as an augmentation in chief an inescutcheon, Argent a cross Gules and thereon an inescutcheon Azure, three fleurs-de-lis Or.
It’s much more pretentious, of course. Escalops are a sign of pilgrims, pilgrimages and divine protection (during holy acts). Via that, it’s also a sign of people going to heaven because of their good acts.
I love heraldic descriptions. They’re a little peek into what people from the past thought how people from THEIR past talked.
I also love how it ranges from the famous: “Azure, a bend or”, which means “A blue field with a diagonal stripe of gold”, to
Which means this monstrocity: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/e4/Arms_of_Winston_Churchill.svg
I never knew Churchill liked seafood that much 😄
It’s much more pretentious, of course. Escalops are a sign of pilgrims, pilgrimages and divine protection (during holy acts). Via that, it’s also a sign of people going to heaven because of their good acts.
All things that very much don’t match Churchill.
To use the parlance of his home realm: what an utter twat 🤦😄