Actually… Maybe I can turn them into design projects… I could do it the hard way and get each organization to agree they need arms… years and years of work - probably…
I could get them HUGE endowments and they’d HAVE to get arms to use em… Again, not likely.. OR, oh, yes…
I could do some shields incorporating elements of the badges - use em, get em on the web, tell everyone they represent the organizations (leaving off the qualifying "to me" at the end of every such discussion) ...Like all other bad information on the internet they’ll propogate themselves!
Viral Arms invade the net! hehehe (Evil Kathy strikes!)
I can sympathize with you Kathy. My heraldic "bio" would have similar Logos and seals. Not too much "real" heraldry.
Seal of the City of Holland, Michigan (Birthplace)
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Heraldry/City_of_Holland_Seal.jpg
Seal of the University of Wyoming
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Heraldry/University_of_Wyoming.png
I did not obtain a degree from UW, I will however obtain a degree from Broward College here in Florida, but their logo is far from heraldic in nature, and simply consists of a stylized "b" and "c".
The Great Seal of the State of Wyoming (where I have lived the vast majority of my life). The color in this image is a little off, especially in the little shield and eagle, but it was the clearest image I’ve found.
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Heraldry/wyoming.jpg
The "logo" of Fort Lauderdale, Florida (current and future place of residence).
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Heraldry/FortLauderdaleSeal.gif
Even though this is a logo, I do like the fact that they used a "heraldic" method of impalement for the two images.
I did find some very nice examples of bookplates that employ this
method that I will post soon.
This may be slightly off-topic, but this link will show you all kinds of USA State symbols etc. It may useful to book-mark.
A nice idea. It has some possibilities:
My High School had a coat of arms unfortunately the only one I find on-line is microscopic - it is the first one on the right - the sister school for girls - St Joseph’s is at the very right:
http://www.mpsj.ca/images/banner.gif
I attended the University of Toronto
http://mad-alchemy.com/heraldry/academic/torotu.gif
And specifically one of the federated schools - the University of St. Michael’s College
http://www.utoronto.ca/stmikes/images/smclogos/usmc_crest_lg.jpg
I did some study at the Jagiellonian University in Krakow
http://www.uj.edu.pl/images/main/godlo_norm.gif
in Krakow ...
(continued) in the City of Krakow…
http://www.numizmatyczny.pl/photo/herb_krakowa.jpg
and post-graduate work at the Catholic University of Lublin which does not use arms but rather a seal
http://romancatholicblog.typepad.com/.a/6a00d834515d1e69e20115714278fd970b-800wi
in City of Lublin
http://www.loit.lublin.pl/historia/foto/koziolek_herb200g.gif
I was born and raised in Toronto
http://www.toronto.ca/wes/techservices/oem/husar/images/coatofarms.jpg
...
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in Ontario
http://www.ngw.nl/int/can/images/ontario.gif
and live in Edmonton
http://www.ngw.nl/int/can/images/edmonton.jpg
in Alberta
http://www.ngw.nl/int/can/images/alberta.jpg
and then there are the armigerous organizations…
But dear George, if you was born and raised in Toronto, it was "another" Toronto, that is, another civic armiger with pretty different arms. That is the question: would you really prefer, as a part of possible surrounding of your arms, the current arms of the Greater Toronto, or the earlier, pre-amalgamation version of the days of your childhood?
Or maybe both? A relatively rare occasion to see both coats combined.
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(Meanwhile I admit that the earlier version was far from being immensely inspiring. - I failed to find online when it was granted to replace the assumed version; could you enlighten me?)
That’s quite a list George. *smiles* (old school emote due to 4 image cap.) I would bet it would be interesting to see all of those displayed on one page.
As I mentioned in my last post here are some images from this website that make use of this "bio style". The following bookplates were all done by Gordon Macpherson.
The Arms of David Gordon Butler
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Bookplates/Butler_550.gif
While a rather busy shield, you can note George’s alma mater (University of Toronto) in the lower left corner.
The Arms of Suan-Seh Foo
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Bookplates/SehFoo_550.gif
This "bio" also contains the University of Toronto in the upper right corner. I enjoy the background "speckles" on this one, and the two shields in the base are curious. They are virtually identical, except for the bordure on the shield in the dexter base. Anyone know to whom or what these arms belong?
The Arms of Robert Douglas Watt, Chief Herald of Canada (served in this role from 1988-2007)
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Bookplates/Watt_550.gif
His arms are impaled with those of his office. The arms in the dexter base are curious in that the shape and placement of the charges depict arches? Or even a waterfall? I haven’t been able to find out what they represent. As is the case with most of the accompanying emblazons on these bookplates. Need to add that to my "To Do" list.
The Arms of David Lee Donachie
This one is interesting because while it follows the artistic format, it is emblazoned in the Scottish style and the use of imagery is not "heraldically exclusive". The image in the upper left corner is Brockloch Tower near Carsphairn, Scotland. (Image found here.)
All in all some inspiring work. I guess if portrayed correctly, the "bio images" need not be completly heraldic in nature. I can think of several ways of depicting my school, home, etc. with recognizable images where no coat of arms exists. Promising indeed! *smiles*
very nice examples Robert. thanx.
I had the good fortune to graduate from Dartmouth College (BA) and Duke University (MA).
I am glad neither institution registers or grants arms!
http://www.mychances.net/images/college/6-crest-250-200-69f66bc4e09bf96305a6c6516f183c63.png
John Mck;70670 wrote:
I had the good fortune to graduate from…Duke University.
I am utterly perplexed by this comment.
http://wpcontent.answers.com/wikipedia/en/c/c5/University_of_North_Carolina_at_Chapel_Hill_seal.png
GO HEELS!
Robert Tucker;70512 wrote:
The Arms of Suan-Seh Foo
http://i356.photobucket.com/albums/oo3/blueoceanbob/Bookplates/SehFoo_550.gif
This "bio" also contains the University of Toronto in the upper right corner. I enjoy the background "speckles" on this one, and the two shields in the base are curious. They are virtually identical, except for the bordure on the shield in the dexter base. Anyone know to whom or what these arms belong?
Perhaps they belong to relatives?
The background on all three is a semy of crosses (although the crosses seem to be longer in the lower shields), and the central charge is a snake on a stick.
The differences are the big cross with four rondels, that the snake-stick is displayed on a diamond, and that there are things behind the snake stick on the largest shield.
I’m positive I got some or most of that terminology wrong, but hopefully I was close enough that y’all will understand my post.
Nick
Dear All,
The field of the arms of Suan-Seh Foo is semy of cross crosslets, whilst the field of the two subsidiary shields found within this bookplate are semy of ankhs (the ancient Egyptian ‘cross’ - the sign of life). The rod of Aesculapius is surmounting an artists’ maulstick and a painters’ brush upon the main shield. Again, the rod of Aesculapius is shown on both of the subsidiary shields surmounting a lozenge.
Regards
John
You a quite correct John, and you got me thinking about these arms. So I let my fingers wander through :google: and I found out some really fun stuff.
I learned that Dr. Suan-Seh Foo M.D. is the President of the board of directors for the Medical Alumni Association, University of Toronto. He is also the co-founder and Medical Director of Canterbury Clinic in Toronto. With this information I soon discovered that the arms in the lower right corner are those of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto; and that the arms in the lower left corner are the differenced arms of the Medical Alumni Assosiation. The MAA petitioned for the grant of arms in 1997 and is the first alumni organization in Canada to receive a grant of Arms.
On a roll now I delved into Dr. Foo’s personal arms and found that there were registered here at the Royal Heraldry Society of Canada. After reading Johns observations about the maulstick and the brush I did another search and found out that Dr. Foo is an accomlpished artist and presented a portrait of Pope Benedict XVI to the holy father at the Vatican in 2007. Also working with Gordon Macpherson, Niagara Herald Extraordinary (who did the bookplate and Dr. Foo’s personal arms), he designed handsome chains of office for the Chancellor and President of the University, the Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, and the President of the MAA.
Truly a really talented guy, and to think that I would have never known anything about him if it weren’t for his coat of arms. :D
Alas, most things I am associated with lack a coat of arms. Out flag here in Illinois is the same as the seal, which in turn is nothing more than the U.S. arms and scenery around it.
http://www.worldatlas.com/webimage/flags/usa/ilseal.png
I did emblazon Kennedy’s and Roosevelt’s arms with related arms about theirs. Here is Roosevelt’s with that of the Navy (well, the seal of the Navy depicted as arms), the United States and New York.