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HERALDRY: THE CLUES TO HISTORY
MANASSEH: THE THIRTEENTH TRIBE Jacob’s blessing to his sons as described to us in Genesis 49 tells the remarkable story of Joseph’s sons. Joseph had brought his sons Manasseh and Ephraim to be blessed by their grandfather on his deathbed, for they would be the heirs of the Birthright which was vested in Joseph’s posterity….
HERALDRY:THE CLUES TO HISTORY – Ephraim The Unicorn
We have considered  the origins of Heraldry  and Bri tish and European armorial bearings in particular, with emphasis on the heraldic and symbolic Lion of the tribe of Judah. The second supporter on the royal coat of arms  is the Unicorn, represented nowadays as a kind of horse with one twisted  horn.  This beast seems…
HERALDRY: THE CLUES TO HISTORY – Zebulun: The Haven Dweller
Zebulun was Jacob’s tenth son and Leah’s sixth.  His name  means “dwelling”  or “wished  for habitation”. (Genesis 30:20). At his birth Leah, rather sadly, said “Now will my husband dwell with me”.  However, Jacob still loved Rachel best and  Leah was doomed to be disappointed.  In Genesis  49:13 we  read  of Jacob’s blessing to…
HERALDRY: THE CLUES TO HISTORY – THE RED LION AND THE RED HAND
Judah, the fourth son of Jacob, was given the privilege of being the progenitor of the royal line and in Genesis 38 the story is told of Judah’s descendants. Judah  had married Shuah, a woman of the Canaanites, and they had three sons, Er, Onan and Shelah.  Er married Tamar, but he was wicked, and…
HERALDRY: THE CLUES TO HISTORY
INTRODUCTION A few years ago newspapers printed the story of the town which took it upon itself to design its own coat of arms, which rather high-handed action somewhat annoyed the College of Heralds. To those who know, or care little about history or our nation’s past this is probably faintly amusing and dismissed with…