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Motto: Vim Promovet Insitam (Promote one's innate power) The arms contain symbols representing the families of three benefactors i.e. the sun for the Wills family, a horse for the Fry family and a dolphin for the Colston family. The open book represents learning. The ship and castle are taken from the Bristol city coat of arms. [30]
The coat of arms on an escutcheon forms the central element of the full heraldic achievement, which in its whole consists of a shield, supporters, a crest, and a motto. A coat of arms is traditionally unique to the armiger (e.g. an individual person, family, state, organization, school or corporation). The term "coat of arms" itself, describing ...
An armorial motto is a phrase or collection of words intended to describe the motivation or intention of the armigerous person or corporation. This can form a pun on the family name as in Thomas Nevile's motto Ne vile velis. Mottoes are generally changed at will and do not make up an integral part of the armorial achievement.
Above the shield is a gold helmet, which has mantling of gold and ermine attached to it. On top of this is the crest , a crown with a crowned lion standing on it. Below the shield is a grassy mound, a type of compartment , on which are thistles , Tudor roses and shamrocks , representing Scotland, England and Ireland respectively. [ 1 ]
Barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the whole. 1268–1393: Kings of Cyprus and Jerusalem. Quarterly, 1 and 4 in silver, a cross of gold, between four crosses of the same and 2 and 3 barry silver and azure eight rooms, a lion gules armed langued and crowned with gold stitching on the ...
Escutcheon: Sable, between two Doric columns Or an open book proper, edged and bound of the second and inscribed in fesse with the Roman numerals MDCCCX of the first, in chief the Crown of Hanover gold. Crest: On a wreath of the colours, A seahorse erect Or supporting a torch of the last inflamed gold Motto: Quaerere Verum [8] (Search for the ...
The crest badges used by members of Scottish clans are based upon armorial bearings recorded by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in the Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland. The blazon of the heraldic crest is given, and the heraldic motto with its translation into English.
A roll of arms (or armorial) is a collection of coats of arms, usually consisting of rows of painted pictures of shields, each shield accompanied by the name of the person bearing the arms. The oldest extant armorials date to the mid-13th century, and armorial manuscripts continued to be produced throughout the early modern period .