Month: September 2023

My thanks to the many talented artists who have contributed their original illustrations or adapted images from historical documents for inclusion in the Traceable Art collection:

Aine ingen Gilla Crist, Ajir Tsagaan, Alessandra Sartor, Alexandre Saint Pierre, Aliyah bat Azriel, Amy Eliot, Aurora Faw, Bahja al-Azraq, Bróccín MacIvyr, Choi Min, Daya Speyerin, Di Amador, Elionora inghean Ui Cheallaigh, Elizabeth Turner de Carlisle, Elspeth Farre, Estelle de la Mer, Forveleth Dunde, Frans Franken the Younger, Gian Antonio da Tradate, Gunnvôr silfrahárr, Gwenyvere Rose Foxe, Helena De Argentoune, Hu Zhen, Iago ab Adam, Jessimond of Emerickeskepe, Jon Chesey, Kitta Refr, Kolosvari Arpadne Julia, Kryss Kostarev, Li Xia, Lily Morgaine, Malyss Makneile, Maryan Hoskyns, Muirenn ingen Dunadaig, Myfanwy ferch Rhiannon, Nest verch Gwilim, Niccolo da Palermo, Owen Tegg, Poznaniak, Ræv Kolfinnsson, Ragna stórráða Úlfsdóttir, Rhian C. Preston, Roana d’Evreux, Sadhbh Bheag, Saewynn aet Cnolle, Stephanie Fahey, Séamus Uí Chonchobhair, Tancorix inigena Bivaidonas, Thomas Eynsham, Thomas Ouswood, Thora Brandsdottir, Þórý Veðardóttir, Torric inn Björn, Ursula Messerschmitt, Volusia Zoe, Vémundr Syvursson, Wylet Fraser, and Zubeydah al-Badawiyyah.

This project would have been dramatically smaller and less useful without your efforts and I am in your debt.

It’s been six months since my last roundup of changes to the Traceable Heraldic Art collection, during which time more than a hundred and eighty new illustrations have been added, bringing the total to well over six thousand.

As always, I am indebted to the generous contributors who choose to share their illustrations with the community through this collection. My thanks in particular to first-time contributors Gwenyvere Rose Foxe, Wylet Fraser, and Rhian Preston.

My appreciation also goes out to returning artists Malyss Makneile, Vémundr Syvursson, Volusia Zoe, Nest verch Gwilim, Iago ab Adam, Aurora Faw, and Ragna stórráða Úlfsdóttir — and to Joakim Spuller, from whose WappenWiki collection I pulled more than three dozen images in this round.

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