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The Heraldic Congress
THE ROYAL BURGH of St Andrews was recently host to the largest gathering of heralds since the Middle Ages for the XXVII International Congress of Genealogical and Heraldic Sciences. Taking place in the last week of August, the Congress was opened with a grand ceremony in the University’s Younger Hall which was attended and addressed by the XXVII Congress’s patron, the Princess Royal (Scottish arms below). The event lured state heralds, genealogists, heraldists, and other enthusiasts from around the world, as well as local heralds from the Court of Lord Lyon (Scotland’s heraldic authority) and the personal heralds of Scots noble houses. Aside from the ceremonial, a broad variety of lectures were given on various topics in the realm of heraldry and genealogy. We present to you here a number of photographs from the event, which have been taken from the Congress website as well as from the personal collections of Mr. John Gaylor, a member of the Heraldry Society of Scotland, and Mr. David Appleton of the American Heraldry Society.
David Lumsden, Garioch Pursuivant of Arms to the Countess of Mar. (Of the house heralds, Peter Drummond-Murray of Mastrick, Slains Pursuivant of Arms to the Earl of Errol, was also present).
Assembled in the Younger Hall.
Princess Anne, the Princess Royal, gives her address.
Robin Blair, Lord Lyon King of Arms, announces the grant of a crest and supporters to the arms of my alma mater, the University of St Andrews.
As can be seen in the grant, the supporters are Saint Andrew and a lion, while the crest is a boar and tree akin to that on the civic arms of the Royal Burgh of St Andrews.
After the opening ceremony, the participants paraded through the streets of the Royal Burgh to St. Mary’s College.
Lord Lyon, preceded by a member of his court.
Huzzah! ‘Tis our very own Keith Patrick O’Brien, the Cardinal Archbishop of St Andrews, and Canon Halloran, our chaplain.
Our own Jamie Potton graces this photograph with an awkward glance.
Heralds gathered in St. Mary’s Quad, where a civic reception took place.
Robin Orr Blair, LVO, WS, Lord Lyon King of Arms.
Displayed in Lower College Hall is the new gown for the Speaker of the Scottish Parliament, provided by the St Andrews Fund for Heraldry. It will lend a bit of dignity to the otherwise mostly undignified proceedings of that inaugust body.
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Looks like a grand affair.
Incidentally, what does the Cusack coat of arms look like?
Contrary to popular belief, families as such don’t actually have coats of arms. Every coat of arms is personal to a single person or institution and properly speaking no two persons or institutions may have the same coat of arms.
However, heads of families do have coats of arms, (which are passed down to the heir) and those under the head of a familiy (or the chief of a clan or a name) may use those arms to signify their membership, but not as their own personal arms.
As for me, I have yet to assume arms. (Arms are either ‘granted’ by a heraldic authority such as the English College of Arms or the Scottish Court of Lord Lyon, or, in places with no heraldic authority, they are merely ‘assumed’ by the bearer).
I understand the arms you show are the Princess Royal’s and hence will differ from the Royal Arms, but I think the crown is wrong nevertheless- it should be a Scottish with different emblems on the rim of the coronet…
My family
http://www.teutonici.com http://www.dinastiabarbaccia.com
OS.A.R. principe George Bagration-Davitashvili e S.A.I.R. principe Paolo Francesco Barbaccia nella sede dell’Ordine Teutonico e del Corpo della Nobiltà georgiana in Italia durante la visita a Poggibonsi, agosto 2007.IL Parlamento georgiano si prepara per i dibattiti sull’ istituzione di una futura monarchia costituzionale nel paese.
O09.10.2007. Il presidente del Parlamento georgiano, Nino Burjanadze aprirà le consultazioni sull’istituzione della monarchia costituzionale nel paese. Con una proposta dell’opposizione di destra, i parlamentari fisseranno la data per i dibattiti politici sull’ordinamento dello stato di Georgia. Tale idea è stata nuovamente riportata dal Catholicos-Patriarca della Georgia Ilia II domenica scorsa. Nino Burjanadze ha sostenuto l’idea e ha detto che il Parlamento è pronto a discuterne. I membri dell’opposizione hanno mostrato molto interesse verso tale proposta. L’istituzione della monarchia costituzionale potrà essere l’unica via d’uscita per la Georgia.
ONota. Durante le consultazioni con i comitati e le frazioni politiche i rappresentanti hanno unilateralmente sottolineato che il futuro Re di Georgia deve essere della Casa Bagrationi, deve essere nato in Georgia, di religione ortodossa, e cresciuto dal Patriarca come futuro re nella vera tradizione georgiana.
ONota nostra. Secondo l’antica tradizione della Casa Bagrationi, il futuro Re potrà essere anche una donna, ad esempio, come fu la Regina Tamara chiamata Tamar-Mepe (Re).
Scusi ma ho letto del libro:I Tre falsi Re di Svevia, Barbaccia, Caspis Calabria del prof Pelliccioni Poli ed Pamom .Questi signori sono definiti pataccari e gotha Mafia, addirittura Barbaccia e’ il clan Provenzano!
Nobilta’ di Mafia?
Gentili Signori,
Ho l’unica arma per difendermi garantita dalla Repubblica Italiana e la utilizzerò contro chiunque, come ho fatto anche allora con il Sig, Pellicioni…
Se qualcuno vuole vedere i documenti – ben venga in pace…
Altrimenti, mi riservo il diritto di querelare i miei offensori…
Barbaccia Viscardi
In answer to Keir, surely Princess Anne’s coronet shows her rank as Child of a Sovereign and title as Princess of the United Kingdom. It is already a coronet “with different emblems on the rim”. There is no alternative system of coronets for any of the constituent countries of the United Kingdom. The arms with Scotland in the First and Fourth Quarters are simply a courtesy as, presumably, a version with the Irish Harp in the First and Fourth Quarters could theoretically exist for use in Northern Ireland. Her Royal Highness has been assigned a label which, along with other members of the Royal Family and their labels, has been used on personal standards with the Canadian coat of arms. There are, to my knowledge, no alternative coats of arms for the Royal Family in Canada as they are not Prince or Princess of Canada but still Prince or Princess of the United Kingdom.