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Our #RollofArms is getting a website! As The Heraldry Community grows, it’s important for us to keep track of all the wonderful people that thrive here. Compiling @GreiiEquites work through this site will be a great way to showcase that! roll-of-arms.com #Heraldry #Arms

Coat of arms of Thomas Schweicker, a 16th century German artist and calligrapher born without any arms or hands instead using his feet to draw and write (hence the leg holding a pen between its toes)

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays! Attributed arms of the Three Wise Men taken from the ca. 1470 Codex Haggenberg.

Arms attributed to the Three Wise Men, whose bones are said to be housed in Cologne Cathedral, which can be seen under construction in the background on the right

The arms of the Arch-Bishophric of Cologne and locally important family; the subordinate Bishophrics of Liege, Utrecht, Minden, Münster and Osnabrück below; St Peter up top

Some heraldic highlights taken from the Cologne Chronicle of 1499 Full achievement of the City of Cologne surrounded by various Saints associated with it

The full armorial can be viewed here: digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb000…

Some fanciful armored figures in this Late Renaissance Armorial, "Geschlechterbuch der Stadt Augsburg" ca. 1550

Had at go the #arms of @arm_yourselves , cause they look cool. #heraldry #coatofarms

Source: digitale-sammlungen.de/en/view/bsb000…

Lady Knights riding strange steeds. Part of a series of heraldic allegories of sins and virtues (e.g. devotion, avarice and envy) taken from a 15th century manuscript.

A balding eagle. Is it over for him?

Some very peculiar looking helmets found in the 16th century Zimmern Chronicle