A few years ago I conceived of the idea (actually inspired by a friend’s bookplate) to do a kind of CV but illustrated with heraldry. It would include not only my arms but variations on that (if any), places I had served as a priest, schools attended, organizations joined, etc. Lacking the artistic ability myself I commissioned Matthew Alderman http://matthewalderman.com to do the artwork based on a design by me. The result was delivered today. I think it’s very very good. (if I do say so myself)
http://exarandorum.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/image5.jpg?w=231&h=300
Is there a way we could see a larger version. I can’t make out much detail on it in this size.
It’s very cool! I love this idea.
Wow! Fantastic work, Fr. Guy! I love the concept and the execution. When you get a few minutes, would you mind listing out the several arms and orders depicted?
Fantastic idea, and wonderfully executed. What a great story it shares with everyone. Tell us more about the different arms.
A lovely piece of art and an excellent display of heraldry.
Would you mind walking us through this very dense piece? I recognized some of the larger emblems, but I know I’m missing a lot in the smaller ones.
And AHS gets a shout out in the design! Cool
Great idea! I’m going to consider something similar for myself.
Wow, that is spectacular. I love the concept and the execution. And I would also like to echo the call for a larger version.
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Is there a way we could see a larger version. I can’t make out much detail on it in this size.
I think there is a larger version on Fr Guy’s blog: http://exarandorum.files.wordpress.com/2013/05/image5.jpg
I think his blog post also talks about some of the other arms in the painting: http://exarandorum.wordpress.com/2013/05/08/an-heraldic-cv/
For some reason I can’t see the large version on the blog anymore, but looking at the small version and trying to recall the bigger one when I could see it earlier:
Large shields:
Upper center - Fr. Guy’s personal arms
Immediately below - Holy See
Lower left - Personal arms impaled by those of the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament (of which he is rector)
Lower right - Personal arms impaled by those of something he told us about but I forgot
Smaller shields:
Upper left: Diocese of Metuchen
Upper right: Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island
Down the left margin are
1. Knights of Columbus
2. AHS
3. Augustan Society
4. [something having to do with Seton Hall University, I guess]
5. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
6. Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
7. Order of Malta (I think)
Down the right margin:
1. Order of SS Maurice & Lazarus
2. American College of Heraldry
3. College of Arms of the Royal House of Aragon
4. [don’t remember]
5. The Heraldry Society
6. [don’t know]
7. Order of St. Agatha
Along the bottom:
1. Don’t know
2. Must be something with the Diocese of Metuchen—maybe the seminary?
3. St. John’s University
How am I doing?
Right hand side - Number 4
I came across this recently while examining the arms of the Portuguese civil parish of Vila de Frades.
In the parish’s arms it is a stylized cross encircled by and emerging from the base of an annulet. It was described as an the ‘ancient emblem of the Benedictines’.
The only reference I can find on Wikipedia is to the design in Father Guy’s heraldic CV which occurs as one side of two examples of a Saint Benedict medal.
Regards,
Iain Boyd
Joseph McMillan;98818 wrote:
Large shields:
Upper center - Fr. Guy’s personal arms
Immediately below - Holy See Really, the arms of the Roman Catholic Church
Lower left - Personal arms impaled by those of the Shrine of the Blessed Sacrament (of which he is rector)
Lower right - Personal arms impaled by those of something he told us about but I forgot King of Arms for the Aragonese "College" (really a private heraldry committee but organized along the lines of a college with KoA, heralds and pursuivants)
Smaller shields:
Upper left: Diocese of Metuchen
Upper right: Diocese of Rockville Centre, Long Island
Down the left margin are
1. Knights of Columbus
2. AHS
3. Augustan Society
4. [something having to do with Seton Hall University, I guess] New Jersey Catholic Historical Commission
5. New York Genealogical & Biographical Society
6. Royal Heraldry Society of Canada
7. Order of Malta
Down the right margin:
1. Order of SS Maurice & Lazarus
2. American College of Heraldry
3. College of Arms of the Royal House of Aragon
4. [don’t remember] Benedictine medal
5. The Heraldry Society
6. [don’t know] International Association of Amateur Heralds
7. Order of St. Agatha
Along the bottom:
1. Don’t know St. Francis University, Pennsylvania (my alma mater)
2. Must be something with the Diocese of Metuchen—maybe the seminary? No, waaaaay off. St. Vincent Seminary, Latrobe, PA. (the arms were also designed by me).
3. St. John’s University
How am I doing?
You got most of them correct.
