An in-progress internet armorial project mainly focusing on the arms of states and monarchs.
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Today is the birthday of His Majesty Carl XVI Gustaf, King of #Sweden. We send him our best wishes. In celebration, here are the Swedish royal arms.
Here's an older post on the origin of the "three crowns" symbol, currently the Swedish state arms.
teapawt.net/cool_shields/status/13…
To mark St. Patrick's Day, here are the arms of Ireland, its four historical provinces, and a selection of the few county council arms which have been completed so far.
#heraldry #StPatricksDay #Ireland
To show the progress that has been made on the project, here is an incomplete roll of the arms of the states and monarchs of Europe.
Our newly adopted coat of arms, designed by Loggail and emblazoned by Bongo. These arms are blazoned as: "Azure, a gore sinister argent, overall an escutcheon counterchanged."
While the Republic of North Macedonia does not have a heraldic national coat of arms, in 2009 arms of office of the President of North Macedonia were adopted, designed by members of the Macedonian Heraldic Society.
heraldika.org.mk/en/news/grb…
Today, 6 December, is Finland's Independence Day. Here are all of the Finnish national and subdivisional arms emblazoned as a part of the EH project so far.
realized there havent been posts here in a while, here's some recently finished arms from the project (all finnish subdivisions, files by loggail)
Finland Proper
South Ostrobothnia
Lappland
Tavastia Proper
Knights of the Order of the Garter have their heraldic devices displayed in St. George's Chapel. When the knight is a monarch from a country without traditional heraldry, their emblem is adapted into a coat of arms - with mixed results. One of the better examples is the arms<ctd>
Today is the #DiaDeLaIndependencia of five Central American republics; Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, El Salvador, and Honduras. The focus of this post, Costa Rica, adopted its own national coat of arms in 1848, following the dissolution of the initial Central American state.
and the seven stars represent Costa Rica's seven provinces.
After its initial adoption, the coat of arms was altered twice: in 1906, the stars representing the provinces were increased from five to seven, and in 1964 the volcanoes were given smoke.
#heraldry
Encyclopaedia Heraldica–Internet Armorial Project retweeted
#heraldry #sweden The Swedish three crowns (tre kronor) symbol was first used on the seal of King Magnus Ladulås, who ruled between 1275 and 1290. The symbol was later put onto the royal coat of arms in the 14th century. While the original symbolism (if any) is unknown, (1/2)
the three crowns would later be used to represent a personal union between three kingdoms, such as the Kalmar Union of Sweden, Denmark, and Norway. (2/2)
Further information:
sweden.org.za/three-crowns.h…
theheraldrysociety.com/artic…
During the Interregnum period, the Royal Arms of England and Scotland were replaced with the Crosses of St. George and St. Andrew respectively, as they were considered to represent the English and Scottish people rather than the Monarchy. #heraldry
