Coats of arms have long histories. Now they have a future, too
A chatty coat of arms? According to the French, it is. Known as arms parlant or ‘canting’ arms, these shorthand emblems of identification play a visual pun on the family surname. It is up to the observer to fill in the blanks. Bees carved into a limestone coat of arms, atop a façade in Għarb, reveal the occupant’s family name to be Apap − ape is Italian for a bee. The coat of arms of Lieutenant Colonel Count Charles A. Gauci, the new chief herald Naturally, an olive tree features prom...
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