#blazon

I took her dainty eyes, as well   As silken tendrils of her hair: And so I made a Villanelle!   I took her voice, a silver bell,   As clear as song, as soft as prayer; I took her dainty eyes as well.   It may be, said I, who can tell,   These things shall be my less despair? And so I made a Villanelle!   I took her whiteness virginal   And from her cheek two roses rare: I took her dainty eyes as well.   I said: “It may be possible   Her image from my heart to tear!” And so I made a Villanelle.   I stole her laugh, most musical:   I wrought it in with artful care; I took her dainty eyes as well; And so I made a Villanelle.  

So this post about how Lion was over represented in French Heraldry encouraged me to share my selection of the most delightful, weird, unhinged French Coats of Arms I could find.

running to the library (opening google) researching by candlelight (its 4am) the knowledge and art that has most gracefully been bestowed upon us (pretty art?! argent?! vert?!)