Circle, Triangle, Square - Heraldry for the modern era

Heraldry for the modern era

2nd Oct, 2008 at 4:40 PM

Whilst writing course materials, I had cause to visit the website of the College of Arms; that body within England, Wales and Northern Ireland responsible for registering and recording coats of arms and pedigrees. I was wryly amused to find George Martin's coat of arms; I think it requires a better knowledge of the British music industry than I have to get all the jokes and references he's managed to put in it.

But I believe I'm right in thinking that 'Amore Solum Opus Est' roughly translates as 'All you need is Love'?

The image is huge, so I won't link to it - you can see it by going to the above link.

Mood: amused

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valkyriekaren wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 15:42 (UTC)

Sounds about right! And the bird on top of the crest is a martin.

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jfs wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 15:57 (UTC)

Carrying a recorder, because he was a producer :-)

And I think the five lines are meant to represent guitar strings or music thingumies (the lines you write notes on on sheet music).

But why the Zebra with the Crozier as his badge?

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jfs wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:01 (UTC)

Music Stave - that's what I meant.

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jfs wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:02 (UTC)

*GROAN*

I've just realised why a zebra with a cross ....

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pauln wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:14 (UTC)

Good, innit? Note that it's specifically an Abbot's crozier...

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irdm wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:55 (UTC)

Should we place deep significance, then, in that the zebra is barefoot?

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pauln wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 21:24 (UTC)

Probably not, but in most heraldry it would usually be a bishop's crozier and the zebra crossing was on Abbey Road.

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irdm wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 23:57 (UTC)

Well, yes.
IIRC about the album cover, one Rut... Beatle was bare foot and caused comment by it??

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samharber wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 15:47 (UTC)

I notice there are only three beetles on the crest.

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baruch wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:17 (UTC)

probably because he only included the musical ones :P

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maleghast wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 15:50 (UTC)

I think that 'Amore Solum Opus Est' is closer to 'Love is the only work', where the sense of work is that of the noun, 'a work' the product of effort / creativity...

I think...

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jfs wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:05 (UTC)

Reading some of the more obsessive websites available; apparently 'Opus Est' means 'that which is needed' idiomatically.

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maleghast wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:23 (UTC)

Fairy snuff, GCSE Latin was a LONG time ago, and I did not do any Googling to check idiom etc. - I suppose I should have assumed that he'd get it right ;-)

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pauln wrote:

2nd Oct, 2008 16:13 (UTC)

That's how I'd translate, though Opus is also a work in a musical sense

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