A pope, in the canting arms of Pabist, 1578, Schlesisches Wappenbuch (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, VD16 ZV 26921) #heraldry

For #NationalTakeTheStairsDay, here are the Venetian arms of Gradenigi (München, BSB Cod.icon. 272) #Heraldry

Apparently today is #DistaffDay. That's an easy one! From "Silbereisen: Chronicon Helvetiae, Part I", 1576 Swiss (Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16: 1) #Heraldry

For #ThreeKingsDay, here are some 16th C German attributed arms of the magi, from BnF ms. Allemand 304 #Heraldry

Today is #NationalBirdDay. Have a hoopoe! (München, BSB Hss Cod.icon. 313) #Heraldry

Whirligigs, from "Armorial Didier Richier, dit Clermont", 1577 French (Bibliothèques-Médiathèques de Metz, MS 1152) #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi #Heraldry

Today is #WorldDayOfPeace. Here's a dove from 1613, from the Stammbuch of Johann Michael Weckherlin. #Heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 31: Spirit The arms of the Cavallieri di Sancto Spirito, 1605 Italian (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alfa. t. 4. 12) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 30: Viva The arms of da Vivaio, 1550-1555 Italian (München, BSB Cod.icon. 277) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 29: Telegraph Messenger, from the arms of Lauffen, 1591 German (Universität Tübingen Universitätsbibliothek, Mh 6,1) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 28: Master This master of disguise, from a 17th C 'impresa' (Milan, Biblioteca Trivulziana, Cod.Triv. 2168) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 27: Struck Furisons interlaced in triangle, each striking flames, 1563 (Austrian State Archives, AT-OeStA/AVA Adel RAA 219.22) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 26: Shine Hungarian arms from 1576, the Latin blazon of which translates to "in the lower red field of which the sun shines brightly, while in the upper three stars, placed in order, are seen to twinkle". #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 25: Hero Arms showing Prometheus, 1613, from the Stammbuch of Johann Michael Weckherlin (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.218) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 24: Way The canting arms of Wegmacher, 16th C (München, BSB, cgm 1952). The Wegmacher (lit. 'way-maker') was responsible for building and maintaining gravel or dirt roads. #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 23: Paradise The arms of Michael Ploz, 1604 (Austrian State Archives, AT-OeStA_AVA_Adel_RAA_321.45) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 22: River Squirrel cruising down a river on a chunk of wood, 1623 (Austrian State Archives, AT-OeStA/AVA Adel RAA 449.22) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 21: One Unicorn's horn, 1613, from the Stammbuch of Hieronymus Köler (Niederösterreich Landesarchiv, HS StA 0084) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

The arms of Schrotlin, "Or, a pair of stag beetle's attires proper". 1601, from the Album Amicorum of Johannes Fabri (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Stb 130) #LesArmoiriesDuVendredi #Heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 20: Purple Zimmernsche Chronik, 1566 German (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.Don580,a-b) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 19: Swing Door hinge. 1578, Polish (Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin, VD16 ZV 26921) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 18: Soldier Swans with guns, 1607 (Austrian State Archives, OeStA_AVA_Adel_RAA_56.31) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 17: Silence Ermine spots in the arms of Brittany, 16th C Spanish (Madrid, Biblioteca Nacional de España MSS 1196) #DoctorWho #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 16: Africa The attributed arms of the "King of Africa", 16th C German (Philadelphia, Free Library of Philadelphia, Lewis E 17). I have no idea if it's a coincidence or not that the field uses the same tinctures as the modern Pan-African Flag. #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 15: Time Two renditions of the arms of Ulrich Schniep, a scientific instrument maker in the late 16th C, with a sundial crest. One has the crest drawn as a polyhedral sundial, and the other as a diptych sundial. #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 14: Radar Had to reach a bit for this one, but both use reflections to locate solid objects. Beginning of the 15th C (Brussels, Koninklijke Bibliotheek van België ms. IV 1249) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 13: Brother A monk, in the canting arms of Münchhaussen, 16th C German (Badische Landesbibliothek, Cod. Karlsruhe 2821) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 12: Numb Not technically heraldry, but a rebus that happens to be displayed on a shield (BNF, Français 5658). It's a fascinating book, but I don't speak nearly enough French to make sense of the rebuses. #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 11: Rain Thundercloud in the canting arms of Donnersperg, 1594 German, from the Stammbuch of Bernhard Stiber (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Stb 460) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 10: Wish A well, from 16th C Germany (Weimar, Herzogin Anna Amalia Bibliothek, Fol 223) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 9: Love Armorial de Ribeaupierre, 16th C German (Colmar, Bibliothèque Municipale, 1107 (064)) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 8: Matter Bags of madder in the arms of the Worshipful Company of Dyers, 1596 (LUNA: Folger Digital Image Collection, STC 26018) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 7: Black A black grouse from the late 15th C 'Abbot Ulrich Rösch's book of heraldry' (St. Gallen, Stiftsbibliothek, Cod. Sang. 1084) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 6: Heaven A seraph, in the Italian canting arms of Serafini from 1605 (Biblioteca Estense Universitaria, alfa. t. 4. 12) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 5: Fix The blazon term 'fitchy' derives from Anglo-Norman 'ficher', "to fix in place, to push into, to stab". So here are a couple crosses formy fitchy from University of Victoria, Ms.Brown.Eng.2 #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 4: Piano The arms of Johann Lechner, organ maker from Munich, 1623. (Austrian State Archives, OeStA_AVA_Adel_HAA_AR_512.24) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 3: Hotel The arms of Johann Althaus, Austrian State Archives (AT-OeStA/AVA Adel RAA 6.15) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

#Heraldecember 2024 - Day 2: Roller Flaming wheels from the Album amicorum of Bernardus Paludanus (Koninklijke Bibliotheek, 133 M 63) #heraldecember2024 #heraldry

(I'm #Heraldecember a little differently, sharing actual medieval/renaissance emblazons inspired by the prompts rather than my own) 2024 - Day 1: Rhapsody Arms from 1565, including an assortment of instruments plus a song-book. (Württembergische Landesbibliothek, Cod.hist.oct.260) #Heraldry

A pair of fox tails, 1595, from the Stammbuch of Kurt von Knöringen (Universitätsbibliothek Heidelberg, Cod. Pal. germ. 608). #Heraldry

It's #MaizeDay! Here's maize in the arms of Hernando de la Parra, 1560 (Archivos Españoles, PATRONATO,103B,R.12). #Heraldry

Happy #Thanksgiving to my US neighbours! Here are turkeys from BNE MSS/11833, c. 1650, blazoned as "pavones Reales". #Heraldry

Today is #TurtleAdoptionDay. Here's a turtle who is unlikely to ever be adopted, and is pretty pissed about it, in the arms of Eslinger from BSB-Hss Cod.icon. 307, p 594 (along with an emblazon of the same arms from Siebmacher). #Heraldry

Today doesn't seem to have much going on - none of the "(Inter)national Day of"s lend themselves to #Heraldry. So here, have a bear's foot issuant from, and apparently part of, a base, from "Silbereisen: Chronicon Helvetiae, Part I", 1576 Swiss (Aarau, Aargauer Kantonsbibliothek, MsWettF 16: 1)

Today is the feast day of Catherine of Alexandria. Here are some Catherine wheels in the arms of Brentingam, from one of my favourite sources: University of Victoria Library, Ms.Brown.Eng.2 #Heraldry

For #EvolutionDay, here is heraldic evidence of the archaeopteryx from the mid-15th C 'Armorial de Gilles de Bouvier' (Paris, BnF, ms. Français 4985). Archaeopteryges apparently love moonshine. #Heraldry

Today is also #Wolfenoot. Here are two different emblazons that both include short-legged wolves tricked as being 'wolf'-coloured rather than being tricked with a standard heraldic tincture. #Heraldry

Today is both #LaborAppreciationDay and #ThankfulForMyDogDay. These motto "Digna Canis Pabulo" on these arms (1591), from the Stammbuch of Ulrich Reutter, literally translates to "The dog deserves food", but as a proverb means something closer to "The laborer is worthy of his pay". #Heraldry

For #HousingDay, here's a simple forest house in the canting arms of Walthausen (Austrian State Archives) #heraldry

Give your fish some wine, in honour of #WorldFisheriesDay (München, BSB, cgm 1952) #heraldry