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
Romilly again, this time talking about the heraldry in the main hall at the Scottish Parliament.
Another very short film, this time without words but demonstrating the art of Ioannis Vlazakis, th eminent Greek heraldic artist .
The art of heraldic carver, Patrick Damiaens.
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.
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.
A very short guide to coats of arms can be found here: - it takes less than 1.5 minutes!
