Well, we've just spent five entire posts talking about how (mostly) good the heraldry is in the 1969 movie Anne of the Thousand Days. Today (and next time) we're going to turn that around, and look at where the heraldry to be found in the movie is not up to par.
First up is a picture we saw last time, which showed the arms of Cardinal Thomas Wolsey (at the right) along with two other coats of arms.
The arms in the center are clearly identified as the arms of Pope Clement VII, as you can see from this close-up.
The arms displayed here are Azure six bezants three two and one. However, Pope Clement VII (pope from 1523-1534), born Giulio di Giuliano de' Medici, bore the Medici arms of Or six torteaux one two two and one, the uppermost replaced by a roundel azure charged with three fleurs-de-lis or.
Clement VII's arms can be found in the Insignia pontificum Romanorum et cardinalium II 1540 Cod.icon. 267, on the website of the Bavarian State Library (there is a link to this website under the heading "Some Good On-Line Armorials and Ordinaries" in the left-hand column of this blog. Look for the entry named "Münchener DigitalisierungsZentrum Digitale Biblithek"). The arms seen in this manuscript are clearly not those labeled as his in the movie!
The other coat of arms in the image above, are presumably supposed to be those of Cardinal Lorenzo Campeggio (1474-1539), the last cardinal protector of England. In 1528, Campeggio returned to England in order to hear the case for divorce between Henry VIII and Catherine of Aragon. Hence his inclusion in the scene from the movie above.
Due to the mental duress and his affliction with gout, this period of time was particularly unpleasant for Campeggio.
But the arms shown behind Cardinal Campeggio appear to be Azure a processional cross argent, overall a pallium and on a chief or three roundels(?) sable. However, the Campeggio arms are: Per pale or issuant from the line of division the dexter half of a double-headed eagle armed or; and Or, a hound rampant sable collared gules.
But the arms shown behind Cardinal Campeggio appear to be Azure a processional cross argent, overall a pallium and on a chief or three roundels(?) sable. However, the Campeggio arms are: Per pale or issuant from the line of division the dexter half of a double-headed eagle armed or; and Or, a hound rampant sable collared gules.
These arms can also be found in the Insignia pontificum Romanorum et cardinalium II:
It just seems a shame to me, that they could get so much of the heraldry in the movie correct for the characters, and then miss these two by so much!
