The Grenville Diptych was produced between 1822 and 1839 for Richard Temple-Grenville, Marquess of Chandos the son of the first
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. It shows 719
quarterings of the family, including ten variations of the
English Royal arms. The left panel of the diptych lists the quarterings.
Sir Francis Grant,
Lord Lyon King of Arms,
HRH The Duke of York, and
Rev. Charles Warr proceeding to the
Armistice Service at
St. Giles' Cathedral,
Edinburgh, in 1933.
Pursuivants in procession to
St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle for the
2006 service of the
Order of the Garter:
Peter O'Donoghue,
Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (left), Alastair Bruce of Crionaich,
Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary (right).
Coats of arms displayed on
shields and
gonfalons, and
crests mounted on
helmets at a reenactment of a medieval
tournament.
A caricature of
Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty,
Garter Principal King of Arms, from the 1 December 1904 edition of
Vanity Fair painted by Sir
Leslie Ward.
The town hall of
Dendermonde, a city in
Flanders, displaying heraldic
banners.
The town hall of
Gouda, a city in
the Netherlands, displaying heraldic
banners of the arms of (left to right) the
Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the
County of Holland (1198–) and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–).
Flags used by the German
Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), 1892.
The chapel of the
Order of the Thistle in
St Giles Cathedral. Above each stall the knight's helmet with
crest and
mantling (and, if a peer, the
coronet of rank) is displayed. At the back of each stall is a plate bearing the knight's
coat of arms.
Oil painting (2005) of the
Coat of arms of Gozdawa. In
Polish heraldry each
coat of arms has its own name and may be shared by several unrelated families.
The
hatchment of
Monsignor Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel,
auxiliary bishop of
Ghent. The
mitre,
cross,
crosier and green
galero with six tassels, all features of
ecclesiastical heraldry, indicate his office of bishop.
The blue and white banner of
Zürich was depicted in a 1585 painting by Humbert Mareschet. The red Schwenkel on top of the banner is typical of German heraldry.
Coat of Arms of Austria-Hungary, designed in 1915 in order to replace an older coat of arms, also used as the coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for other countries under Austro-Hungarian rule.
The tomb of
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou is one of the first recorded examples of hereditary armory in Europe.
A medieval ship flag captured by forces from
Lübeck in the 1420s showed the arms of
Denmark,
Sweden,
Norway and
Pomerania. It remained in this city for 500 years, until destroyed in a World War II bombardment that damaged
St. Mary's Church where the flag was kept. A 19th century copy remains in
Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark. The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint
James the Greater, identified by his
scallop shell emblem. The flag was made of coarse linen; all figures and heraldic insignia were created using oil-based paint.
The
Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late fifteenth century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the
crest.
The
Coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory features a lion and
Emperor penguin as
supporters, and the
RSS Discovery in the
crest.
The
coat of arms of Austria was modified after
World War II to include a broken chain signifying liberation from
Nazism. It uses a single-headed eagle rather than the
double-headed eagle of the former
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The
Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland was the official
coat of arms of the
monarchs of Scotland and the
Kingdom of Scotland until the
Union of the Crowns in 1603.
The
reverse of the
Great Seal of the United States was designed by
William Barton, and features two
mottos:
Annuit Cœptis and
Novus Ordo Seclorum.
A
lithograph from 1876, showing the
seals of the then-47 U.S. states and territories as well as the District of Columbia. Some of these
seals have changed since this image was created.
A video of the second raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, the photograph of which by Joe Rosenthal became one of the most recognizable of World War II. This was shot by U.S. Marine Sergeant Bill Genaust, who was standing next to Rosenthal, and as such, the film shows the event from almost the same angle as the famous photograph. ( Need help viewing this video?)
Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms by Philip II of Spain to Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa, signed 25 November 1566. Digitally restored.
The Coat of arms of the Russian Empire according to the "Manifesto On Full Blazon of All-Russian Empire", presented to Emperor on October 13, 1800.
Created in 1936, after the restoration of the monarchy, the Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece was used until 1967, when King Constantine II was exiled, and then nominally until 1973 when the kingdom was replaced by the Third Hellenic Republic. The arms remains in use by the former Greek Royal Family.
The coat of arms of Albrecht Dürer are canting arms, and a well known example of German burgher arms.
The Grenville Diptych was produced between 1822 and 1839 for Richard Temple-Grenville, Marquess of Chandos the son of the first
Duke of Buckingham and Chandos. It shows 719
quarterings of the family, including ten variations of the
English Royal arms. The left panel of the diptych lists the quarterings.
Sir Francis Grant,
Lord Lyon King of Arms,
HRH The Duke of York, and
Rev. Charles Warr proceeding to the
Armistice Service at
St. Giles' Cathedral,
Edinburgh, in 1933.
Pursuivants in procession to
St George's Chapel,
Windsor Castle for the
2006 service of the
Order of the Garter:
Peter O'Donoghue,
Bluemantle Pursuivant of Arms in Ordinary (left), Alastair Bruce of Crionaich,
Fitzalan Pursuivant of Arms Extraordinary (right).
Coats of arms displayed on
shields and
gonfalons, and
crests mounted on
helmets at a reenactment of a medieval
tournament.
A caricature of
Sir Alfred Scott-Gatty,
Garter Principal King of Arms, from the 1 December 1904 edition of
Vanity Fair painted by Sir
Leslie Ward.
The town hall of
Dendermonde, a city in
Flanders, displaying heraldic
banners.
The town hall of
Gouda, a city in
the Netherlands, displaying heraldic
banners of the arms of (left to right) the
Dutch Republic (1581–1795), the
County of Holland (1198–) and the
Kingdom of the Netherlands (1815–).
Flags used by the German
Kaiserliche Marine (Imperial Navy), 1892.
The chapel of the
Order of the Thistle in
St Giles Cathedral. Above each stall the knight's helmet with
crest and
mantling (and, if a peer, the
coronet of rank) is displayed. At the back of each stall is a plate bearing the knight's
coat of arms.
Oil painting (2005) of the
Coat of arms of Gozdawa. In
Polish heraldry each
coat of arms has its own name and may be shared by several unrelated families.
The
hatchment of
Monsignor Leo-Karel Jozef De Kesel,
auxiliary bishop of
Ghent. The
mitre,
cross,
crosier and green
galero with six tassels, all features of
ecclesiastical heraldry, indicate his office of bishop.
The blue and white banner of
Zürich was depicted in a 1585 painting by Humbert Mareschet. The red Schwenkel on top of the banner is typical of German heraldry.
Coat of Arms of Austria-Hungary, designed in 1915 in order to replace an older coat of arms, also used as the coat of arms of Bosnia and Herzegovina, and for other countries under Austro-Hungarian rule.
The tomb of
Geoffrey V, Count of Anjou is one of the first recorded examples of hereditary armory in Europe.
A medieval ship flag captured by forces from
Lübeck in the 1420s showed the arms of
Denmark,
Sweden,
Norway and
Pomerania. It remained in this city for 500 years, until destroyed in a World War II bombardment that damaged
St. Mary's Church where the flag was kept. A 19th century copy remains in
Frederiksborg Palace, Denmark. The saint accompanying the Virgin Mary and infant Christ is Saint
James the Greater, identified by his
scallop shell emblem. The flag was made of coarse linen; all figures and heraldic insignia were created using oil-based paint.
The
Hyghalmen Roll was made in the late fifteenth century and illustrates the German practice of repeating themes from the arms in the
crest.
The
Coat of arms of the British Antarctic Territory features a lion and
Emperor penguin as
supporters, and the
RSS Discovery in the
crest.
The
coat of arms of Austria was modified after
World War II to include a broken chain signifying liberation from
Nazism. It uses a single-headed eagle rather than the
double-headed eagle of the former
Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The
Royal Coat of Arms of Scotland was the official
coat of arms of the
monarchs of Scotland and the
Kingdom of Scotland until the
Union of the Crowns in 1603.
The
reverse of the
Great Seal of the United States was designed by
William Barton, and features two
mottos:
Annuit Cœptis and
Novus Ordo Seclorum.
A
lithograph from 1876, showing the
seals of the then-47 U.S. states and territories as well as the District of Columbia. Some of these
seals have changed since this image was created.
A video of the second raising of the U.S. flag on Iwo Jima, the photograph of which by Joe Rosenthal became one of the most recognizable of World War II. This was shot by U.S. Marine Sergeant Bill Genaust, who was standing next to Rosenthal, and as such, the film shows the event from almost the same angle as the famous photograph. ( Need help viewing this video?)
Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms by Philip II of Spain to Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa, signed 25 November 1566. Digitally restored.
The Coat of arms of the Russian Empire according to the "Manifesto On Full Blazon of All-Russian Empire", presented to Emperor on October 13, 1800.
Created in 1936, after the restoration of the monarchy, the Coat of arms of the Kingdom of Greece was used until 1967, when King Constantine II was exiled, and then nominally until 1973 when the kingdom was replaced by the Third Hellenic Republic. The arms remains in use by the former Greek Royal Family.
The coat of arms of Albrecht Dürer are canting arms, and a well known example of German burgher arms.