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The Dering Roll [1] is the oldest English roll of arms surviving in its original form. It was made between 1270 and 1280 and contains the coat of arms of 324 knights, starting with two illegitimate children of King John. Sir Edward Dering [2] acquired the roll during the 17th century and modified it to include a fictitious ancestor of his own. [3]
The Dering Roll, dating from the late 13th century, contains 324 coats of arms, painted on parchment. It is 8 + 1 ⁄ 4 inches (210 mm) wide by 8 feet 8 inches (2.64 m) long. It currently resides in the British Library. [10] The Heralds' Roll [11] is an English roll dating from c. 1280, containing 697 painted coats. [12]
Dering Roll, c. 1270, Dover, one of the oldest extant rolls of arms, showing the coats of arms as yet without helmets or any other achievements. Part of the Zürich armorial (c. 1340), an early example of the tradition of representing coats of arms with a representation of helmet and crest.
Dering's antiquarian interests led him to amass a great library; his name is still associated with: the Dering Roll, an important 13th century Roll of arms, believed to be the earliest surviving English roll of arms. In 2008, the Roll was purchased by the British Library. [7]
A five-pointed star. A five-pointed star (☆), geometrically an equilateral concave decagon, is a common ideogram in modern culture. Comparatively rare in classical heraldry, it was notably introduced for the flag of the United States in the Flag Act of 1777 and since has become widely used in flags.
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