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Description Harleian Ms2169 St Mihell arms tricked original.gif |
Reproduction of heraldic arms attributed to St. Michael (the archangel) in a ca. mid-15th century manuscript of "Aunciant Coates", ms. Harley 2169 from the Harleian collection of the British Library (sometimes also known as "Randle Holme's Book"). The caption at top reads: "Sent Myhell Armys" (i.e. St. Michael's Arms). The colors are heraldically "tricked" as aswre (azure=blue) and argent (white). [1] For the other text in the shield, see article Shield of the Trinity .
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Date | mid-15th century manuscript illustration reproduced in book by author who died more than 100 years ago; this specific image made 12/5/2010 by AnonMoos |
Source | From scan of book Two Tudor books of arms; Harleian Mss. nos. 2169 and 6163 by Joseph Foster (1844-1905) at https://archive.org/details/twotudorbooksofa00fostuoft (specific URL https://archive.org/stream/twotudorbooksofa00fostuoft#page/12/mode/2up ) which is in turn reproduction of 15th-century manuscript illustration. |
Author | 15th century scribe, Internet Archive scanner, AnonMoos |
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