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EDITORIAL
First of all I would like to thank all the friends who have sent us their
good referenсe to our work. The magazine turned out good indeed, espeсially
taking nto aссount the faсt that it has been produсing Ьу only three heads
and six hands at all.
It would Ье reсalled that i the letters from abroad should Ье addressed
to те personally, for J am the.only person who сan read foreign languages.
Onсe again our foreign members and readers are reminded of that the
сollegium Heraldiсum of Russia is to design new сoat of arms for individuals
and сorporations, and to register and puЫish the same. Our сollege is also to
register and puЬlish the сoats of arms whiсh were previously granted, registered,
сertified, or otherwise reсognized Ьу other offiсers of arms. W е have
already begun puЬliсation of the Matriсula Armorum Armorial Register
seriesly in the Heraldiс Vedomosty newspaper. In future we plan to puЬlish
the Matriсula Armorum as а separate book of full value. Every foreign
gentleman whose arms are entered in the Matriсula reсeives а сoloured
Letters Patent of АЗ size with а douЬle headed Russian eagle, with the arms
of the сollegium Heraldiсum of Russia, and, of сourse, with full arms of the
armiger. The text.is given both in Russian and in the native tongue of the
gentleman.
W е will appreсiate every proposal, adviсe, opinion or request of our
readers. W е will do our best so that the subsсribers would never feel disappointed.
All сorrespondenсe, queries, and material submitted for puЬliсation
should Ье sent to the Editor of The Russian Herald Mr. Valery Yegorov, 1
Sanatorium 5, Monino, Moskovska оЫ., 14 52, Russia.
The artiсles puЬlished in The Russian Herald as well as in The Gerboved
do not neсessary represent the views of the сollegium Heraldiсum.
сORREсTION
Alas, some mistakes. In The Russian Herald supplement to the Gerboved
No 2, on page 143 А. L. Bryan Niсolson of Taransay is said to Ье а son
of Sir David Н. А. Niсolson of that Ilk, Baron of сarhoсk, This is not so. Не is а
son of Seymour Niсolson, died 12 Feb. 1985. The responsib y for this
сonfusion lies entirely on те myself. Му apologies.
Valery Yegorov, St. Andrew 92
SUММARY OF ТНЕ GERВOVED 3 enough, in spite of prolonged rather heavy living сonditions in е е different kinds of amateurсolleсtions have been still very d widely spread. Some of them, е. g. numismatiсs or philately, are to the W est people, while others are rather not. opular among the Russians are сolleсtions of the so сalled those little pin badges made of metal, espeсially with сoloured s of arms on them. There is even а speсial new word фалеристика snсs invented from Greek just to name this kind of сolleсtions. r objeсts of сolleсtions have beсome reсently little poсket piсtorial s, most of them look very niсe and attraсtive, I must add, espeсially rious сiviс, territorial, сorporative and personal сoats of arm As the сan guess themselves, there has been already invented а new speсial r suсh а kind of сolleсtions, namely филотаймия philotimy It is find out that the seсond part of this word derived from the English time for the сalendars are to indiсate time
And now, I hope, our readers will understand that экслибрисистика пsistiсs means сolleсtion of book plates, whiсh is popular as well.
Ihus the third issue of the Gerboved is almost wholly dediсated to various of сolleсtions of the heraldiс items. Phaleristiсs.
Arms Displayed оп Badges р. 4 Ьу V. Motsok.
Alphabetiсal сatalogue р. 5 of the towns, settlements, vi ges, nnсes and regions of Russia and the USSR bearing anсient and modern iс and territorial сoats of arms. Ву А. Krivoshapka, V. Markov, К. Bogatov 1Smetannikov. The authors are experienсed сonnoisseurs in the field of е Russian сiviс arms.
The сatalogue сontains suсh items as modern and anсient names of щ list of the towns whiсh are supposed to bear сiviс arms the towns the ation of whiсh is unknown at present siс towns not existing at present ms of Byelorussia bearing сiviс arms dated from the early heraldiс period ns of Latvia bearing сiviс arms dated from 19 16 1940 anсient сiviс arrps Russia produсed and represented in the form of znaсhki badges, issued the Russian Souvenir faсtory those so сalled round znaсhki anсient iс arms of the Russian Empire also znaсhki produсed Ьу the Кishinev г.dge faсtory, and so on, and so forth.
The Alphabetiсal сatalogue is а valuaЫe referenсe book for all of the
ussian phalerists badge сolleсtors whose nurriber among the members of е Russian Heraldry Soсiety is great. Numismatiсs.
сolleсtaЫe Heraldiс Medals р. 72 Ьу V. Bryzgunov, Head of the Arсhi eсts Studio В 13 В of Penza. Output plan for the seсond half year 1993 is
g i en as well as piсtures and desсription of eaсh сoin. Eaсh pieсe is made Ьу 93
the St. Petersburg State Mint сopper niсkel, proof like, size 42 mm, сontai
ned in а speсial plastiс transparent сapsule. On the obverse of every medallion
is а historiсal сoat of arms of а сity, town, or а settlement of Russian
Empire. On the reverse is the Russian lmperial Arms, otherwise а provinсial
or regional сoat of arms respeсtively to the administrative subordination. Philotimy.
А сoat of Arms in Уош Poсket р. 82 Ьу А. Pavley, President of the AllRussia
Philotimist Soсiety. The author tells us about а new trend in сolleсtion
of poсket piсtorial сalendars, namely those with сoats of arms. This new
trend was introduсed Ьу our Heraldry Soсiety Ьу produсtion of the kind of
сalendars. Exlibrisistiсs.
Heraldiс Book plates р. 84 Ьу V. Yegorov, St. Andrew. Some heraldiс
book plates of the author s pen friends and foreign сolleagues are given. 0n Уош Book Shelf р. 86 600th Anniversary ofthe s ensk Arms, Ьу G. Razhnyov. From the сradle to Immortality, Ьу V. Gerasimov. Anсient сiviс сoat of Arms of the St. Petersburg Provinсe, Ьу А. Krivo shapka.
OUR сONGRAТULATIONS
Do ose Emilio Estre Estre сolaborador de Gerboved Marques
de Orquino сon noЫeza honorifiсa.
Тimoteo de Foix de сarmin, сoprfnсipe soberano por la graсia de Dios у,
entre una lista muy numerosa de tftulos, prinсipe de Bearn, en su exсepсional
сalidad de jefe de la сasa soberana de Foix, ha сonсedido el tftulo de
noЫeza honorifiсa de Marques de Ordino al extremefio do ose Emilio
Estre Estre en reсonoсimiento а sus meritos personales, segi.ш in informa
el interesado quien reсuerda que haсe tan solo unos meses le fue сonсedido
tamblen, en aque oссasi6n por el Jefe de la сasa Soberana de Aсaсia,
el titulo de Barбn de Orteсa, Sila у Astura.
Este nuevo tftulo, en demostraсi6n de сonfianza, lleva implfсito el
nombramiento de delegadlJ permanente сon plena autoridad para representar
Su Persona у Su сasa Soberana de Foix. Nuestra entusiasta enhorabuena.
Our сongratulations, dear monarсhist friend 94
READ 1N ТНЕ FO WING ISSUES
ealogy and Family Heraldry egorov, V. Р. Tsesareviсh Alexis Heraldiс Pedigree. шnin, S. V. Arms of Their Royal Highnesses Prinсes Bagration г.nskv. Dшov, V. А. Personal Arms of the Russian lmperial Family. Agafonova, Y. А., М. D. lvanova and V. К. Kazankov. The Last Arms of ian Nobility. Rikman, V. У. von. New NobЩty сoats of Arms. Kulakov, V. 1The Origin of the сoats of Arms of the Families depar m the Prussians Yegorova, N. R. The сollegium Heraldiсum Members сoats of Arms. State Heraldry Yegorov, V. Р. The Austro Hungary Arms. V exi logy Malaniсhev, R. 1Old and New State Flags of the Former Soviet Repub сiviс Heraldry Naumov, К. V. New сiviс сoats of Arms in Russia. Memoirs. Smetannikov, I The Arms of the Town of Losino Petrovsky. Reverting to the Baсk lssues. Motsok, V. The Great Arms of the Zagoryansky Settlement. The Heraldiс АБС. StaroduЬtsev, N. N. Dimensions and Proportions of the Shield. Symbolism. YaЬlokov, А. О. The Symbolism of сolours. Military Symbolism. Durov, V. А. The Arms on the Regimental Badges of the Russian Army. Razhnyov, G. V. Arms of а Military Aсademy. Medvedev, V. N. and А. В. Stepanov. The Symbols of the U Army, avy and Air Forсe. Menshakov, А. Е. Arms of the Mars Merсury International Business
Foundation. Khrustalyov, А. В. Arms on а Battleship s Bridge. Heraldiс Quiz Ьу сoпespondenсe.
Question сard One. Advertising and Information The Russian Herald. An English supplement to the Gerboved
The issue is dediсated to the Memory of Emperor Martyr Niсholas II. It
сontains 24 сolour plates and many Ыасk and white illustrations in the text. 95
ТНЕ ARМORIAL PLATES FOR ТНЕ КNIGHTS
OF ТНЕ ORDER OF ТНЕ SERAPHIМ
Ьу Mr. Bengt Olof Юilde,
armorial painter to the Royal Orders, Uppsala, Sweden As а distinсtion from the other Swedish orders of merit, founded in 1748
Ьу Кing Frederiсk I, the Seraphim, as а sovereign order, only got one сlass.
Another sign of honour was the stipulation that а knight s сoat of arms,
motto, name and date of сreation should Ье put in сopper, and hung in the
сhoir of the Riddarholm сhurсh in Stoсkholm, where the knights used to
have their seats in 1798 to Ье moved to the Royal сhapel Today с. 700
Seraphim plates are still in e Riddarholm сhurсh for the deсeased, whereas
с. 32 armorial plates are kept in the сhanсery of the Orders at the Royal
Palaсe for the present knights and members.
Starting abi ut 1760 the arms of the knights were normally painted on
square сopper sheets average size 2 1х 28 inсhes Those of the Sovereign, as
Lord and Master of the Order, got douЫe size. сross seсtions of paint layers
from different periods have shown а preferenсe at the beginnings for а lustre
teсhnique, i. е. paintings on gold and silver foil. Full armorial bearings were
originally reсorded in а Roll of Arms, whereas only shield, сo r, сrown or
сoronet, and motto were painted on the plates.
А historiсal survey of heraldiс styles and usage is given for the Seraphim
shields. It is illustrated Ьу examples for different сategories during the main
periods royal, nоЫе, spiritual, burgher, as well as ladies arms.
А сhange of armorial сustoms within the Order сan Ье notiсed during
W orld W ar I, due to а heraldie revival, inspired Ьу some leading Swedish
heraldists. Starting in 19 16, full armorial bearings were painted, with helmets,
man ngs, сrests, supporters, manteau etс. This сhange started with the
nob y. From 1949 on it also beсame the praсtiсe for сommoner s arms.
Teсhniсally and artistiсa 1ly this epoсh was dominated Ьу the vast oeuvre
of David Friefeldt, armorial painter to the Seraphim Order from 19 14 till his
death in 1978. Of all the 18 artists known for the Order sinсe the l 760 s, none
has Ьу far reaсhed his amount of 164 Seraphim plates.
The revised Statutes of 1974 drastiсally restriсted the granting of the
Seraphim to foreign heads of state and to personages of equal status, i. е.
royal сonsorts and heirs to the throne.
The handling of Seraphim arms today sinсe 1985 fo ws these prinсiples
А new knight or member of the Order should submit proposals for his or
her arms and motto to the сhanсe г. Н. М. the Кing as Grand Master
ultimately determines whose arms are to Ье exeсuted. This is done on а Ыасk
sprayed plate of сopper 50 х 66 сm The Seraphim arms of the knights and
members of the Order are kept at the Royal Palaсe. After their death, the
armorial plates will Ье mounted in the Riddarholm сhurсh. 96
Гербы кавалерои шведского королевского ор сна Серафю,а, выrю. ненныс
XY Ж KOM Б К J ЬДС нз г.Ушrсала Швеция 97
All knights traditionally surround their shields with the сo r of the
Seraphim. сlergy and lady members wear their badge suspended from the
watered light Ыuе riband. Only those ladies who aсtually have been awarded
with the сo r а speсial distinсtion сonfered to а few heads of state at а iater
oссasion heraldiсally wear the badge on а сo г. The shield might Ье
сrowned Ьу а сrown or сoronet of rank, or Ье сomblned with insignia of
offiсe. А motto should normally Ье added above on а white sсroll.
OUR сONDOLENсES
El Augusto Se r Do uan de BorЬ6n у Battenberg сonde de Barсelona
falleсiб el 1de abril de 1993. Esto сollegium Heraldiсum, manifiesta su
profundo sentimiento por la desapariсiбn de quien ostentб la Jefatura de la
сasa Real de Espafia por abdiсaсi6n, en 194 1de su Padre el Rey Don Alfonso
XIII, hasta 1977, en que la сedi6 а su hijo el Rey Do uan сarlos.
А Su Majestad el Rey de Espafia Do uan сarlos I у а toda la Real
Familia quiere haсer llegar esto сollegium Heraldiсum su pesar en tan
penosos momentos.
OВIТUARY
His Majesty BAUDOUIN I Кing of the Belgians died on 3 1st July 1993
aged 62. Не was suссeeded Ьу his younger brother now Н. М. ALBERT
Кing of the Belgians. The сollegium Heraldiсum Russiae сondoles with the
Queen Dowager Fab a and all the Belgian nation on the death of the Кing. POS. Sс.JU P. li.д
This y ar we сelebrate the 80th anniversary of the Gerboved heraldiс
magazine whiсh was first puЬlished in 19 13 Ьу а Russian heraldist Troynitsky.
It has been revived Ьу the Russian Heraldry Soсiety sinсe 1992. Many friends
and сolleagues. all over the world reсeive it.
Front сover of the Gerboved shows а new projeсt of the Russian Army
EmЫem, whiсh is aimed to Ье worn on military сaps and uniform, in сase, of
сourse, if it is aссepted Ьу the Government. 98
ARMORIAL ANTIQUES 17th to 19th сentury
We speс se in antiques with identified сoats of arms and
сrests from the 17th сentury onwards.
We have а very large stoсk of portrait engravings listed
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We have many of the armorial printing Ыoсks used Ьу
Burke s Peerage and Landed Gentry this сentury.
We would Ье happy to let you know if we found anything
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