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Medieval Norwegian arms
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Sorry for lateness, Sodacan (talk) 03:25, 25 July 2017 (UTC)
- Wow. Beautifully done. Thanks Sodacan.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:45, 26 July 2017 (UTC)
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de Vescy arms
Hi Brianann, was reading the Osprey Campaign series on Bannockburn and found a coat of arms (p.76.) and effigy (p.81.) once housed at St. Marys at York which has a different variation to the coat of arms as depicted on William de Vescy of Kildare. Copy of book can be downloaded from here [1]. Regards Newm30 (talk) 06:56, 7 November 2017 (UTC)
- @Newm30: Hi. Generally, I don't think we should regard Osprey publications as totally reliable for history or heraldry. They tend to be in the genre of popular history. The Bruce McAndrew book Scotland's Historic Heraldry is reliable for heraldry. It gives the arms pictured in the article and cites the Parliamentary Roll, which dates to 1312. This doesn't necessarily mean that the Osprey book is wrong. The bend was sometimes used to illustrate illegitimacy, and William was indeed illegitimate, so that makes sense. I've Googled around a bit and came across two hits in Google Books that seem to mention the effigy in the Osprey Book, and indeed associate an effigy with William (one is "The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal" of 1929; the other is "The Publications of the Harleian Society" of 1946). One of the hits blazons the inscribed arms as "A cross flory, over all a bend", which corresponds to the Osprey illustrations. Unfortunately Google is only showing snippets so I can't get a good idea of what is written.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 02:30, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- In the link to the PDF book [[2]] you can download book and view the photo of the effigy on p. 81. Regards Newm30 (talk) 02:34, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yep, I've looked through it. I just wish I could read the two Google Books hits I noted that seem to refer to the same effigy.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 02:53, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Found "The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal" of 1929 but not "The Publications of the Harleian Society" of 1946. Regards Newm30 (talk) 06:49, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- After reading the 1929 Journal it sends you to the 1924 Journal Newm30 (talk) 07:25, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Thanks for linking to those. I've incorporated them into the article.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 01:43, 16 November 2017 (UTC)
- After reading the 1929 Journal it sends you to the 1924 Journal Newm30 (talk) 07:25, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Found "The Yorkshire Archaeological Journal" of 1929 but not "The Publications of the Harleian Society" of 1946. Regards Newm30 (talk) 06:49, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- Yep, I've looked through it. I just wish I could read the two Google Books hits I noted that seem to refer to the same effigy.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 02:53, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
- In the link to the PDF book [[2]] you can download book and view the photo of the effigy on p. 81. Regards Newm30 (talk) 02:34, 11 November 2017 (UTC)
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Norse mythology
Hello just wanted to ask for some info into Norse mythology. Would like to know where you receive your sources on the old Norse mythology, as I am quite interested in the topic personally. I would welcome any advice if you would like to share any...many thanks for posting your research into the Ragnar Lodbrok saga also! .Memosamurai77 (talk) 04:16, 23 January 2018 (UTC)
- @Memosamurai77: Hello. If you search Google Scholar you should be able to identify good sources (like books and journal articles) on any topic. The next step is to find these sources. Some of these books might be viewable on Google Books or Open Library. Some of the journal articles might be available on JSTOR (which I have access to through Wikipedia). I used to have access to Oxford Scholarship Online, De Gruyter Online, and Questia through Wikipedia, but don't anymore. Sometimes scholars put their work on Academia.edu, so that's another good site to search. Internet Archive is a great website for old primary sources like sagas and chronicles.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 01:49, 24 January 2018 (UTC)
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The Picts. By Benjamin Hudson.
I have added an alert to your post on Talk:Picts [3], with the full comment in a new section thereon. In short, a recent review of Benjamin Hudson's book is extremely critical of a number of errors and outdated concepts.
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- Wow. I actually read that book. I wish I had access to the review. Thanks for letting me know.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:58, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- (talk page stalker) I have access to EUP journals through WP:TWL; I can e-mail you the text of the review if you like (it isn’t very long).—Odysseus1479 01:07, 8 April 2018 (UTC)
- Thanks Odysseus. I've sent you an email.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 00:15, 9 April 2018 (UTC)
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Comyn of Kilbride branch
Hi Brianann, I was wondering whether you could advise what Bruce McAndrew in Scotland's Historic Heraldry states in regards to the heraldry of the Comyns of Kilbride? Regards Newm30 (talk) 02:43, 14 April 2018 (UTC)
- If found the Kilbride branch mentioned on a couple pages. On page 43, McAndrew states that the heads of the Badenoch, Buchan, and Kilbride branches bore (on their seals) "three garbs without any brisure" towards the end of the thirteenth century. In the accompanying footnote, he states that the seal accorded to John Comyn of Kilbride in Scottish Amorial Seals (#588) can't be his, and warns that the Comyn seals and genealogical info in Scottish Amorial Seals is not to be relied upon.
- On pages 159-160, McAndrew mentions a seal borne by John de la Beche had a coat of arms which contained a quarter blazoned: "gules a garb argent". McAndrew takes this possibly symbolising maternal Comyn of Kilbride ancestry. As such, he thinks that the Kilbride arms could have been: "Gules, three garbs argent"; and he also states that the red field could indicate that the "Kilbride branch descended from the first wife of William Comyn rather than the second". I can't view the chart he refers to, and I don't know the genealogy of the family. Earlier on page 159, he notes that the Kilbride branch daughter-out with Edmund Comyn and his two daughters, Euphemia (died 1361) and Maria; Euphemia married William de la Beche (died 1333).--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 23:28, 18 April 2018 (UTC)
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I don't know if you saw what happened at ANI, but as you're one of the people this user caused problems for, I'd encourage you to look over the warnings others gave him, the checking into the "sources" he was using, and the fact he's now been blocked twice. Feel free to do cleanup on changes he revert-warred into articles where you know he was using bad sources and/or OR. - CorbieV ☊ ☼ 20:13, 6 January 2019 (UTC)
- Wow. I missed that. I was having a little trouble, but I thought we were working through it. I'll look over the articles.--Brianann MacAmhlaidh (talk) 01:01, 9 January 2019 (UTC)