“The Coat of Arms” series 4, vol. 8, no. 242 (2025)

Published by the Heraldry Society, the academic journal .

More excerpts from the current issue can be viewed immediately after the summary.

· Robert COLLEY – “The Bussy Beast”;

· Auguste VACHON – “The mermaid in Canadian lore and heraldry”;

· Oliver D. HARRIS – “The Arms of Elias Ashmole”;

· Edward TEATHER – “The development of civic heraldry in Dorset”;

· Peter LINDFIELD – “To abate the royal arms?”;

· Claire BARNES, Lida LOPES CARDOZO KINDERSLEY and Jacqueline TASIOULAS – “The Clare College seal”;

· George LOBZHANIDZE – “The heraldic heritage of the last Georgian kingdoms”;

· Duncan SUTHERLAND – “Civic splendour: the use of civic insignia in heraldry”;

· Mads Sondre STRYGER PRØITZ – “The arms of Wadham College”;

· Paul A. FOX – “The origins of heraldry on the Indian subcontinent”;

· Steven ASHLEY – “Lions and pinecones: proto-armorial orientalising motifs on two exceptional pieces of twelfth-century horse furniture from Norfolk”;

· Steven ASHLEY – “Arms for Woden: a late sixteenth-century manuscript folio in the college of arms — an erratum and an addendum”;

· *** – “Artefacts of interest reported under the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Treasure Act”;

· David B. APPLETON – “Bowditch (ed.), The Gore Roll: The Earliest Known Roll of Arms in America” (book review);

· Steven ASHLEY – “McClanan, Griffinology: the griffin’s place in myth, history and art” (book review);

· Philip ALLFREY – “Gauci, The Way Forward: Two parts plus appendices, concerning the future of heraldry in Malta” (book review);

· Christopher GUYVER – “Lupant, Pauwels, and Van den Eeckhout, Armorial de la Famille Royale de Belgique et de ses alliances européennes” (book review);

· Paul A. FOX – “Bertie and Gaylor, Scottish Ecclesiastical Heraldry, Religious Houses, Universities and Moderators” (book review);

· Henric ÅSKLUND – “Klackenberg, Heraldik i Riksarkivet: Arkivguide” (book review);

· Paul A. FOX – “Abrahams, Hungerford heraldry. Inheritance charts 1160-1711” (book review).