Search results
Results from the WOW.Com Content Network
In the US, the yale is associated with Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. Although the school's primary sports mascot is a bulldog named Handsome Dan, the yale can be found throughout the university campus. The mythical beast occupies two quadrants of the coat of arms of the Yale Faculty of Arts and Sciences (FAS).
The Yale was a mythical beast, supposedly white and covered with gold spots and able to swivel each of its horns independently. It descends to the Queen through Henry VII , who inherited it from his mother, Lady Margaret Beaufort .
The Beaufort Yale, an heraldic beast used as supporters of the escutcheon; The Forget-me-Not flower (Myosotis sylvatica), a reference to the heraldic motto of Lady Margaret Beaufort Souvent me Souvient ("I often remember"). [18] It is visible sculpted on the main gate of St John's College, Cambridge, founded by Lady Margaret Beaufort.
Henry IV's son John, Duke of Bedford was the first to use the yale, but it is not clear if there was any particular reason for this choice. Whatever the reason, after John's death it was picked up by his cousin John Beaufort , grandfather of Henry VII, and from that time the yale was regarded as a Beaufort beast.
Yale (mythical creature) Ypotryll; Z. Zilant This page was last edited on 1 September 2023, at 18:18 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons ...
Proof coins were typically delivered in a coin capsule along with a display box and a booklet explaining the beast's significance in heraldic art. On February 18, 2016, Wholesale Direct Metals announced that they would be the exclusive North American distributor for the Royal Mint of the Lion of England bullion coins. [ 10 ]
The yali is said to be a guardian creature, protecting human beings both physically and spiritually. It is regarded to be a fearless beast, possessing supremacy over the animal world. It is also believed to be the symbolic representation of man's struggle with the elemental forces of nature. [10]
The Yale University coat of arms is the primary emblem of Yale University. It has a field of the color Yale Blue with an open book and the Hebrew words Urim and Thummim inscribed upon it in Hebrew letters. [1] Below the shield on a scroll appears Yale's official motto, Lux et Veritas (Latin for "Light and Truth").