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Greenland's official coat of arms (adopted in 1989) shows a polar bear on a blue shield. The design is similar to an element introduced in the coat of arms of Denmark centuries ago. The bear's left paw raised to reflect an Inuit tradition that polar bears are left-handed. #Greenland #CoatofArms

This stone bears the ‘rebus’ or coat of arms of Robert Chambers, who was abbot of Holme Cultram Abbey, Abbeytown, Cumbria from c.1489 - 1519.

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Heraldic manual with armorial of the French nobility and Arthurian knights
Unknown French or Flemish artist
Late 15th Century

An elegantly written handbook containing the rules of heraldry and beautifully illustrated heraldic devises.

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Arms of John Murray, 1st Marquess of Atholl (left) and of his wife, Lady Amelia Sophia Stanley (right) from a monument in Dunkeld Cathedral. #Heraldry #CoatOfArms #Dunkeld #Cathedrals #Photography