New York Lecture, Sept 24

 
Joseph McMillan
 
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06 September 2012 19:08
 

Members in the northeast may be interested to know that on September 24 in New York I’ll be giving a talk on arms of the presidents of the United States, based on the series on our website, as part of the heraldic lecture series sponsored by the College of Arms Foundation and the Committee on Heraldry of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society.

It’s Monday, September 24, at 6 p.m., at 36 West 44th Street – Seventh Floor, New York, NY 10036.  The lecture is free and open to the public, but the organizers ask that anyone planning to attend RSVP to John Shannon, president of the COAF, at john.shannon@coaf.us.  Hope to meet some of you there and perhaps for a drink before or after.

 
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07 September 2012 03:43
 

The event is pretty interesting for the non-members as well, but not always attendable… :(

 
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07 September 2012 12:00
 

very tempting…  it’s only 3 hr from my house, and my cuñada lives in Manhattan, too…

 
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07 September 2012 13:17
 

Is there a possibility of a podcast/audio recording for the lectures? I’d love to listen in that way.

 
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07 September 2012 13:29
 

Joseph McMillan;95630 wrote:

Hope to meet some of you there and perhaps for a drink before or after.


Joe does have good taste in beer, too.

 
 
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07 September 2012 14:02
 

I wish I could attend.  Stuff like this needs to happen on the west coast more often.  smile

 
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07 September 2012 14:50
 

Snyder;95645 wrote:

Is there a possibility of a podcast/audio recording for the lectures? I’d love to listen in that way.


Out of my control, I’m afraid.  You’d miss the important part, anyway, which is the pictures.

 
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07 September 2012 16:00
 

There was a mention of good beer, what are the chances of getting some of that sent to the group? LOL

 
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07 September 2012 22:49
 

Snyder;95649 wrote:

There was a mention of good beer, what are the chances of getting some of that sent to the group? LOL


Not very good.wink

 
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07 September 2012 22:58
 

If i can ask, what style of beer is this?

 
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08 September 2012 11:03
 

Weihenstephan makes a range of beers.  My own preference is the basic Bavarian lager (helles, marketed as "Original Premium"), except during the time of year when their Maerzen ("Festbier") is available.  But they also produce everything from a double-bock ("Korbinian") to a filtered wheat bear ("Kristall Weissbier").  See http://www.weihenstephaner.de/.

Lots of heraldry on the labels, including, on all of them, the old version of the arms of Bavaria, to which it is entitled as the Bavarian state brewery and brewers’ college.

 
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10 September 2012 18:43
 

I was looking for an appropriate thread to post the link to the website of The Metropolitan Museum of Art displaying Rhineland stained -glass armorial roundels - when I found this invitation to New York lecture and ....Bavarian beer smile Unfortunately ,beautiful examples of 15th century German artwork in collection of the museum are wrongly blazoned , or rather heraldic descriptions are all muddled.It would be to the advantage of this great New York art institution to correct ‘Marking’ info on the site , but so far I couldn’t figure out how to address the issue ...

http://metmuseum.org/collections/search-the-collections?&ft=*&gallerynos=19&where=Rhineland&pg=1

 
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24 September 2012 23:11
 

The talk that Joe gave tonight was EXCELLENT. It was very thorough, well-researched and beautifully illustrated. There was a gathering of about 30 people, one of the largest in recent months for an event of this type, and many new faces as well. I think the talk was very well received. I had the privilege of introducing Joe this evening. I really can’t say enough about it. All this online interaction is great but there is nothing quite like getting together for an actual (as opposed to a virtual) event.

 
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24 September 2012 23:27
 

Aquilo;95670 wrote:

....Unfortunately ,beautiful examples of 15th century German artwork in collection of the museum are wrongly blazoned , or rather heraldic descriptions are all muddled….


Uggh!  For example:

http://images.metmuseum.org/CRDImages/cl/web-large/cfx1980-214-4s1b.jpg
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Marking: Arms: per bend in gules a fleur-de-lys argent in a bend sinister; argent a bend gules

Source


Sorry for jumping down the "rabbit hole."

 
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25 September 2012 00:00
 

gselvester;95842 wrote:

The talk that Joe gave tonight was EXCELLENT. It was very thorough, well-researched and beautifully illustrated. There was a gathering of about 30 people, one of the largest in recent months for an event of this type, and many new faces as well. I think the talk was very well received. I had the privilege of introducing Joe this evening. I really can’t say enough about it. All this online interaction is great but there is nothing quite like getting together for an actual (as opposed to a virtual) event.


Oh, and I forgot to mention that Joe was able to get in a few good comments about the AHS so, hopefully, we’ll see some new members from this.

 
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25 September 2012 03:32
 

Glad to hear it was a successful event! smile