Unless you_ve been living under....
Posted to: The Google+ Heraldry Community
Posted by: Marc-André Laverdière
Created on: April 21 2016 at 18:30
Unless you've been living under a rock, you probably know that it was Queen Elizabeth II's 90th birthday today. #HappyBirthdayYourMajesty
She is the queen of many countries, and thus has lots of arms we can display. So I'll show her arms as Queen of Scotland today.
I've copy-pasted the arms from Wikipedia - you should notice discrepancies between the blazon and the achievement. Can you tell what they are?
Arms: Quarterly, First and Fourth Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Order of the Thistle;
Crest: upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, a lion sejant affrontée Gules, imperially crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a sword and in the sinister paw a scepter both erect and Proper, motto ‘In defens’;
Mantling Or and ermine;
Supporters: dexter a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Azure, a saltire Argent (Cross of Saint Andrew); sinister a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Argent, a cross Gules (Cross of Saint George);
Motto: 'Nemo me impune lacessit' in the compartment below the shield, with the thistle.
She is the queen of many countries, and thus has lots of arms we can display. So I'll show her arms as Queen of Scotland today.
I've copy-pasted the arms from Wikipedia - you should notice discrepancies between the blazon and the achievement. Can you tell what they are?
Arms: Quarterly, First and Fourth Or a lion rampant within a double tressure flory counter-flory Gules (for Scotland), Second quarter Gules three lions passant guardant in pale Or armed and langued Azure (for England), Third quarter Azure a harp Or stringed Argent (for Ireland), the whole surrounded by the Order of the Thistle;
Crest: upon the Royal helm the imperial crown Proper, a lion sejant affrontée Gules, imperially crowned Or, holding in the dexter paw a sword and in the sinister paw a scepter both erect and Proper, motto ‘In defens’;
Mantling Or and ermine;
Supporters: dexter a unicorn Argent armed, crined and unguled Proper, gorged with a coronet Or composed of crosses patée and fleurs de lys a chain affixed thereto passing between the forelegs and reflexed over the back also Or, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Azure, a saltire Argent (Cross of Saint Andrew); sinister a lion rampant guardant Or imperially crowned Proper, supporting a tilting lance proper flying a banner Argent, a cross Gules (Cross of Saint George);
Motto: 'Nemo me impune lacessit' in the compartment below the shield, with the thistle.
File:Royal Coat of Arms of the United Kingdom (Scotland).svg - Wikimedia Commons
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