Thursday of Week 5 of the lock-down

Thursday's shout-out is to the Scottish Council for Voluntary Organizations which, as the Scottish Council for Social Service recorded arms in 1962.

Today's tour of local heraldry continues with the arms of the District Councils of the quondam Regions of Fife, Grampian, Lothian and Tayside, and a quiz.
http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek5D.pdf

Week 5 of the Lock-Down

Another shout-out to the teaching profession with the arms of the Scottish Schoolmasters' Association, granted in 1966:

We must not forget the difficult job the Police have at the moment trying to encourage us all to stick to the Government's advice to stay safe. Here are the splendid arms granted to the Scottish Police College at Tulliallan in 1957.

Meanwhile, we continue our scenic peregrination through Scottish local Government heraldry here:

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek5b.pdf Island & City Councils

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek5c.pdf  Districts of Borders, Central, and Dumfries and Galloway Regions.

Heraldry for Self-Isolators - Week 5 begins

This week the Lyon Office Heraldry for Self-Isolators  began a look at Local Government Heraldry, starting with the arms of Regional, Island and District Councils used from 1973-1995.

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek5a.pdf

We also had a shout-out to teachers keeping schools open for the children of Key-Workers, with the arms of the Scottish Secondary Teachers Association, recorded in 1965:

Here be Dragons

We mark St George's Day by looking at some of the finest dragons in the Lyon Register.

Here is the 1904 matriculation of the arms of George Arnulph Montgomerie, 15th Earl of Eglinton, 3rd Earl of Winton (1848–1919). and the glorious work of Herald Painter, Graham Johnston, in office from 1898-1927.

This week's Heraldic Shouts-Out

Last week we recognized with gratitude the heroic work being done for us all at the moment by the staffs of our hospitals. This week we began with a recognition of the work of our churches which, even locked down have, through the imaginative use of technology provided comfort and prayer well beyond their usual congregations.

On Monday we noted the Church of Scotland's arms in a vessica, granted in 1959:

Continuing with the theme of thanksgiving to our churches, here is the beautifully simple, yet rich in symbol, coat of arms granted to St Brigid's RC Church in Newmains to mark its centenary in 1996 with the reed crosses of the saint and canting symbols for Motherwell.

Wednesday's church heraldry was the arms, recorded in 1960 on a vessica, of the Episcopal Synod of the Episcopal Church in Scotland, now known as the Scottish Episcopal Church.

It was less easy to find a coat of arms for one of the many caring agencies so these were represented by the individual arms of Colin Russell OStJ, a community specialist podiatrist,  one of the many carers and other professionals who have been looking after people in their own homes at considerable risk.

We finished the week with a return to medics, with the arms, matriculated for use in Scotland by the (Royal) College of General Practitioners in 1962.

Heraldry for self-Isolators

Heraldry for Self-Isolators meanders on. For coloro che sanno all too easy but here they are for what they are worth:

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek4a.pdf
Church heraldry - hats and tassels. Oh dear, what can the mitre be?

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek4b.pdf
Funeral hatchments and other cheery matters.

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek4c.pdf
Insignia of Office.

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek4d.pdf
Meet the Gryphon

http://courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek4e.pdf
A note on the Badges of Officers of Arms and then the usual quizzes, crosswords etc.

Sir Eric Anderson KT, FRSE

We are very sorry to record the death of Sir Eric Anderson, Knight of the Thistle. we extend our sincerest condolences to his wife and family.

Snawdoun Herald explains that Sir Eric chose weka birds, which are native to New Zealand, for supporters as his initials were W.E.K.A.

May he rest in peace.

Medical Heraldry

This week we have celebrated our hospitals and medical workers by showing the various coats of arms recorded by Hospitals and and Hospital Boards, mostly following the creation of the National Health Service, represented in the dexter half of the shields.

These arms were recorded for the Glasgow Western Hospital Board in September 1949 with increasingly complex and inventive differences in bordures for 29 hospitals in the West of Scotland. The bordures include "potent Or and Purpure" and "Vairy Argent and Purpure" so people must have had fun trying to think of new ones. The Board used the arms without a bordure and we can see that the sinister is crammed with West of Scotland symbols like the City of Glasgow coat of arms, the Stewart fess chequy for Renfrewshire etc. 

Here are the arms are those of the Eastern Hospital Board, based in Dundee, and recorded in 1949 following the creation of the National Health Service.

Again we see what is clearly a generic dexter symbolic of the new National Health Service and the "angels" of its nurses. The sinister shows Dundee's lilies in their vase beside the Agnus Dei of Perth, the lion passant of the Ogilvies, the Atholl barry of six etc.

The next heraldic "shout-out" was to the staffs of our hospitals in the North East of Scotland. The North Eastern Hospitals Board, based as the sinister chief shows, in Aberdeen, recorded these arms with fifteen different bordures for the area's hospitals in 1949.

There are several other NHS Hospital Boards recorded in the Register and if we count all the bordures, this makes these Boards the largest single generic group of armorial bearings.

Heraldry for the Self-Isolator - end of Week 3

Heraldry for the Self-Isolator potters along. Here were this week's themes:

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationWeek3a.pdf
Royal Arms as used in Scotland and as used in the rest of the UK. A look at the so-called "Royal Standards."

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek3b.pdf
Hatching and tricking.

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek3c.pdf
Animals, erased, couped, cabossed.

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek3d.pdf
Heraldry and Women.

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek3Quiz.pdf
Quiz on the Week 3 topics, a sudoku on charges and a crossword on new vocabulary.

Heraldry for the Self-Isolator - end of week 2

The lock-down continues. We have reached the end of week 2 of Heraldry for the Self-Isolator.

In case you missed one, here are the ten sessions so far:

Week 1:

The component parts of an achievement of arms:
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson1.pdf

The tinctures, fesses. lions rampant, blazonry, lions to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson2.pdf

Divisions of the field, dexter and sinister, brass rubbings to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson3.pdf

Roundels, crosses, other heraldic charges to colour in
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryLesson4.pdf

Week one Quiz and recommended weekend viewing
http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryQuiz1.pdf

Week 2:

700th Anniversary of the Declaration of Arbroath - Seals

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryArbroath.pdf

Making a Difference, unicorns to colour in.

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek2Lesson2.pdf

Coronets of Rank, Sudoku 1, Word-search 1 (Heraldic Terms)

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek2Lesson3.pdf

Canting Arms, crossword, Sudoku answer, heraldic anagrams, colour in wyverns etc

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek2Lesson4.pdf

Week two Quiz; Suduko 2, Clans and Families word-search, Easter Weekend viewing

http://www.courtofthelordlyon.scot/IsolationHeraldryWeek2Quiz.pdf

Royal Colleges

Continuing our medical theme, when we salute our brave workers in the NHS, here are the arms of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow and the Royal College of Physicians of Edinburgh.

The Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow was granted the above arms in 1962 on gaining Collegiate status. Its first grant was made in 1910 under the name, "The Royal Faculty of Physicians and Surgeons of Glasgow". It is interesting to compare the painting styles.

And now Edinburgh:

Heraldry for the Self-Isolator Easter Weekend Viewing

 A lecture by Slains Pursuivant, John Malden, on the Funeral Heraldry of Mary Queen of Scots.

 

     Illustrated heraldic tour of Crathes Castle by former Ross Herald, Charles Burnett.

   Lord Lyon, Officers of Arms and the Royal Company of Archers attend the Queen at the Opening  of the Scottish Parliament in 2016.

 The heraldic artist, Andrew Stewart Jamieson shows how it is done.

 A short clip of Leonard Ponsford, heraldic carver in action.

 Much heraldry, including grants of arms, is produced on vellum. This is a short BBC film showing the process by which the skins are prepared and arrive at the artists' studio.

Royal College of Nursing

The Royal College of Nursing and National Council of Nurses Scottish Board recorded arms in 1969. We thank them for all they do for us, especially at the moment when the NHS is under such pressure.

From our files 100 years ago

Here are the exuberant arms of Baron Blythswood of Blythswood, recorded 100 years ago this week.

Death of Alexander Guthrie of Guthrie

It is with immense sorrow that we record the untimely death of Alexander Guthrie of Guthrie, Chief of Clan Guthrie.

Weekend Viewing

The links to the  Weekend Viewing list of recommend short films on heraldry may not work on all browsers so here they are again:

Here is a short programme introduced by a former Lyon Office artist,  the late Romilly Squire, on the Heraldry of Queensberry House, at the Scottish Parliament  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U4Yi70dMDyk

Romilly  again, this time talking about the heraldry in the main hall at the Scottish Parliament.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rEq4tDhKZA8&t=2s

  

Another very short film, this time without words but demonstrating the art of Ioannis Vlazakis, th eminent Greek heraldic artist .

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ibWg70bUP-I&t=81s

The art of heraldic carver, Patrick Damiaens.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pdbhrMRfrqI

  

A very short film of the  Thistle Chapel in Edinburgh,  showing the knights’ crests placed high above their stalls and plates with the knights’ coats of arms placed on the back of each stall.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q3akD8R-hp4

  

Heraldry in action: the Lord Lyon, Heralds and Pursuivants attend Her Majesty the Queen as Sovereign of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bbLh4Ztc1Jc&t=30s 

  

A very short guide to coats of arms can be found here: -  it takes less than 1.5 minutes!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=osbMXZstL4o