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The coat of arms of the town of Sankt Wendel in Saarland combines elements of the Scottish flag and the Scottish coat of arms. Four lilies, taken from the Scottish royal coat of arms, on a blue background, are reminiscent of Saint Wendelin. Legendary tradition describes him as a Scottish king's son.
The Royal Arms of Scotland [2] is a coat of arms symbolising Scotland and the Scottish monarchs.The blazon, or technical description, is "Or, a lion rampant Gules armed and langued Azure within a double tressure flory counter-flory of the second", meaning a red lion with blue tongue and claws on a yellow field and surrounded by a red double royal tressure flory counter-flory device.
Scottish heraldry operates under the supposition that all those who share the same surname are related, however distantly. Consequently, where a coat of arms for the head of a family already exists, new grants of arms to individuals with the same surname will generally be variations on those arms. [13] "[T]he salient feature of Scottish ...
The Ewing coat of arms appears in the Workman Armorial dated 1566. [102] Fairlie [4] Crest: A lion's head couped Or Motto: Paratus sum [Latin, 'I am prepared'] Chief: none, armigerous clan. Seat: Fairley, Ayrshire. The Fairleys of Braid have arms appearing in the Crawford Armorials, Queen Mary's Roll, Dunvegan Roll, among others. Falconer
The Public Register of All Arms and Bearings in Scotland, established in 1672, is an official register of Scottish coats of arms maintained by the Lyon Clerk and Keeper of the Records. As a public register, it can be seen by anyone on application, and on payment of a statutory fee.
ScotlandsPeople (SP) is an online archive containing almost 90 million records covering genealogical information related to Scotland. ... Coats of Arms; Userbox.
A Scottish clan (from Scottish Gaelic clann, literally 'children', more broadly 'kindred' [1]) is a kinship group among the Scottish people. Clans give a sense of shared heritage and descent to members, and in modern times have an official structure recognised by the Court of the Lord Lyon, which regulates Scottish heraldry and coats of arms.
The coat of arms of Glasgow is the official emblem of the city of Glasgow. It was first granted by the Lord Lyon King of Arms in 1866, and was re-granted to the current city council in 1996. [ 2 ] The design references several legends associated with Saint Mungo , the patron saint of Glasgow.