PugJesusThe fearsome medieval battlecry, "MY DAUGHTER WAS TOO GOOD FOR YOU, YOU LAYABOUT"
LittleAlex ๐บ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ช๐ณ๐ดImagine you are a mighty knight with a proud ancestry like Jan van Abbenbroek and your coat of arms is actually a pair of underpants.
And you think your life is going wrong!
http://blog.appletonstudios.com/2014/06/so-boxers-or-briefs.html
Mems DeadOn this day in 1668, George Hamilton (Baron of Strabane) died. The Journals have a drawing of the coat of arms that was inscribed on his gravestone at Kenure, Rush, Co. Dublin: https://tinyurl.com/hami1668
Find out more about the history of Kenure House: https://www.askaboutireland.ie/reading-room/history-heritage/big-houses-of-ireland/kenure-house
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
On this day in 1859, Margaret Perry Mahony died at Cannes. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Ballynure, Co. Wicklow, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/maho1859
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #Heraldry #Wicklow #Tipperary
On this day in 1843, John Younghusband died aged 88. See this and other gravestone inscriptions from Drumbeg, Co. Down, in the Journals: https://tinyurl.com/you1843
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
On this day in 1783, Terrence Malone died. The Journals show a drawing of a coat of arms that was carved on his gravestone at Clonfeacle, Co. Tyrone: https://tinyurl.com/malone1783
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
Claire BarnesAll who recognise the distinctive arms of Elizabeth de Burgh, #LadyOfClare, will be surprised to see a man in armour at #LeedsCastle bearing Clare family arms in a border she adopted after extinction of the male line. Meanwhile the horse wears... paisley? In her grandmother's castle, where fairies & dragons now also roam...
#heraldry #dreamscape @medievodons
#heraldry #dreamscape @medievodons
pilosophosHad a rough month so I haven't kept up with posting. Here's a mishmash of random stuff I drew in March. There's: a coat of arms for an RP character's father, some practice sketches, and a LuckyShipping sketch I did for an art game on a forum.
Public Domain Image ArchiveFrom The Vessels of Hermes (ca. 1700).
Source: The Getty / Internet Archive
https://pdimagearchive.org/images/5e5eb8a5-af1c-4125-b69d-c52e13901e0b
#watercolours #symbolism #alchemy #hermes #esoteric #heraldry #knights #shields #art #publicdomain
On this day in 1581/2, Christopher Chevers died. The Journals show a drawing of a stone from Macetown Castle, Co. Meath, bearing his coat of arms and that of his wife, Anne Plunket: https://tinyurl.com/chev1581
The original drawing on which this was based, by George Victor Du Noyer, is at the Royal Society of Antiquaries of Ireland: https://rsai.locloudhosting.net/items/show/22416
Learn about the Journals at https://MemsDead.com
#OTD #Genealogy #IrishGenealogy #LocalHistory #IrishLocalHistory #Heraldry #Meath
