Tuesday, October 16, 2012

Burke's General Armory Downloadable?

According to discussion on the AHS forums, it seems that "Burke's General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales" is downloadable from somewhere. Note to self: find and download this material!

Mantelado en Punta on Columbus's Arms

On October 12, 2012, Rodrigo Lopez-Portillo Y Lancaster-Jones posted the following image on the Heraldry Society group page on Facebook labeled as the coat of arms of Columbus & the Dukes of Veragua:
In response to the posted image, Kaj Malachowski asked "why is the "bottom-inescutcheon" upside-down?" to which Xavi Garcia replied: "Kaj Malachowski, this is not a "bottom-inescutcheon" reversed. This is an ordinary called in Spanish "mantelado en punta" and in French "mantelé in pointe".

As I understand it, the english heraldic term would be "tierced in point?"

(EDIT 10/19/2012: further discussion clarifies things in the comments for this post. - Jeff)