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Heraldry encompasses all of the duties of aherald, including thescience andart of designing, displaying, describing and recordingcoats of arms andbadges, as well as the formal ceremonies and laws that regulate the use and inheritance of arms. The origins of heraldry lie in themedieval need to distinguish participants inbattles orjousts, whose faces were hidden by steelhelmets.
Vexillology (from the Latinvexillum, a flag or banner) is the scholarly study offlags, including the creation and development of a body of knowledge about flags of all types, their forms and functions, and of scientific theories and principles based on that knowledge. Flags were originally used to assist military coordination on the battlefield, and have evolved into a general tool for signalling and identification, particularly identification of countries.
Betsy Ross (January 1, 1752 - January 30, 1836) was an American woman who is said to have sewn the firstAmerican flag which incorporated stars representing the states of the Union. Born Elizabeth ("Betsy") Griscom inPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania, she was the ninth of 17 children of Samuel and Rebecca Griscom, who were members of theReligious Society of Friends (Quakers) (her father was amaster builder). She attended Friends (Quaker) schools, where she learned reading, writing, homemaking, and sewing.(more...)
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TheRoyal Coat of Arms of Canada (known formally as the Arms of His/Her Majesty in Right of Canada) is, since 1921, the officialcoat of arms of theCanadian monarch, and thus also ofCanada. It is closely modelled after theroyal coat of arms of the United Kingdom with distinctive Canadian elements replacing or added to those derived from the British.
Themaple leaves in the shield,blazoned "proper", were originally drawnvert (green) but were redrawngules (red) in 1957. A circlet of theOrder of Canada was added to the arms for limited use in 1987. The shield design forms theRoyal Standard of Canada, and the shield is found on theCanadian Red Ensign. TheFlag of the Governor General of Canada, which formerly used the shield over theUnion Jack, now uses thecrest of the arms on a blue field.(more...)
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TheFairy Flag (Scottish Gaelic:Am Bratach Sìth) is anheirloom of thechiefs ofClan MacLeod. It is held inDunvegan Castle along with other notable heirlooms, such as theDunvegan Cup andSir Rory Mor's Horn. The flag is made ofsilk, is yellow or brown in colour, and measures about 18 inches (46 cm) square. Now ripped and tattered, it is extremely fragile. The flag is covered in small red "elf dots". In the early part of the 19th century, the flag was also marked with small crosses, but these have since disappeared. The flag may have been an importantrelic, perhaps from theCrusades, or it may have even been araven banner.
There are numerous stories associated with the flag, most of which deal with its magical properties and mysterious origins. Clan tradition, preserved in the early 19th century, tells how the Fairy Flag was entrusted to a family of hereditarystandard bearers. Tradition states that the flag was unfurled at several clan battles in the 15th and 16th centuries; the flag's magical powers are said to have won at least one of them. In the mid 20th century, the Fairy Flag was said to have said to have extinguished a fire at Dunvegan Castle, and to have given luck to servicemen flyingbombing missions in theSecond World War.(more...)
A caricature ofSir Alfred Scott-Gatty,Garter Principal King of Arms, from the 1 December 1904 edition ofVanity Fair painted by SirLeslie Ward.
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