Blaž

Similar to the French term, aye. Issue being, that I can’t find a blazon that actually uses it unlike the term from French blazonry.

I came across this term in A dictionary of heraldry by Charles Norton Elvin. Has anyone come across it before? A similar word in the form of vilené exists in French blazonry, but has a different meaning (pizzle).

Digital drawing of an armorial achievement, ie. a shield on which there's a helmet and on it there's mantling and a torse and on the torse there's a walking duck. On the shield there's also a duck and a chief with a squiggly line.

Self emblazon in the style of Walter Leonhard.

16DEC24
Fenland District councillors, led by Dal Roy, table motion to gain official #flag recognition for #Fenland, #Cambridgeshire, aiming to unite communities; flag shows tiger for residents who opposed Fen drainage. #vexillology
Source: www.bbc.com/news/art...

For #InternationalArtistsDay I wanted to share a recent commission, and it felt particularly apt to display this one which is the first to include my own artist mark, which the patron of this piece had encouraged me to develop.

Designed for Mr Gerd Hruška.

横見梨の花
Yokomi nashi no hana
Pear blossom in profile (side view)

Second and third images provided by Lilian Cailleaud (aka Kaemon Press), author of the book Japanese Blazon.

From top to bottom, left to right: First row; Tavastia, Finland, Karelia. Second row; Finland Proper, Satakunta, Uusimaa, Lapland. Third row; Ostrobothnia, Savonia, Åland

Coats of arms of Finland and its historical provinces #art #heraldry

Another visit to Lipnice nad Sázavou for a meeting of the Subcommittee for Heraldry and Vexillology. The town's flag is an excellent way to simplify the historical arms without resorting to a banner of arms. Those are unfortunately overused, and with the overwhelming... (1/2)

Seen here in Australian skies is a special type of flag used by Scottish Clan Chiefs, known as a pinsel, which may be flown in a Chief's absence by a delegated representative.

I had the opportunity to visit another one of "my" towns. This time, it was Bernartice, whose #coatofarms and #flag I designed earlier this year. This small town holds a surprising story. The prominent feature in its coat of arms, an unfinished bridge, (1/6) #heraldry #vexillology

Happy International Vexillology Day 🎌

In the same spirit & theme as my post on International Heraldry Day, I thought it would be particularly appropriate to share my current thinking on how the Scottish Saltire would look had it been realised as a Japanese monshō 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿🇯🇵

Happy World Vexillology Day.

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#flags #vexillology #worldvexillologyday #Ireland

Happy #vexiday!

This one was inspired by a folk tale from Yamagata prefecture, Japan. www.attaka-furusato.com/minwa/gb/yam...

Made this Mon for a friend’s birthday.

My society checked out an exhibition related to a Slovene gymnastics organisation in the National museum.

A lovely trip!

And lastly checked out the Mathias Corvinus church

Walked up to the Buda castle museum

Crossed the iron liberty bridge

The next day we checked out the Hungarian Parliament

The second was Budapest, capital of Hungary. Our first stop there was the National museum.

The first of those was a historic-cultural park in Zalavar, Zala County. This place was a melting pot of Slavic, Avar, Germanic and Hungarian ethnicities. Kocelj, a ruler in Frankish Lower Pannonia even hosted saints Cyril and Methodius.

🧵🚌🇭🇺 Our vexi and heraldry society recently visited a couple of places in Hungary.

As Heraldry of the World (HOTW) we just started on Bluesky. How many heraldists are already here ?

What are currently the most popular options among the citizens?

Just received a beautiful ornament from @soaringaven.bsky.social! Thank you very much!!