Thursday, January 13, 2011

Heraldry in Florence, Part Four

I’m not going to say that much on this post; it’s going to be mostly pictures of the various ways in which I saw the de’ Medici arms (which I introduced in the previous post) depicted: differently shaped shields, different numbers and arrangements of the roundels, different placement of the augmented roundel, and so on. It’s a truly amazing variety, but to me one of the joys of heraldry is seeing the ways in which different artists will depict the same coat of arms.

Enjoy!








  

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