File:Coat of Arms of the Lord Lyon King of Arms.svg

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English: Official Arms of the Lord Lyon King of Arms. The Lord Lyon is the chief herald of Scotland and presides over the Court of the Lord Lyon in Edinburgh. The first recorded appointment of the Lord Lyon occurred in 1318. The official seal of the Court shows; the arms between two palm-branches, the whole encircled with the inscription: "Sigillum officii leonis regis armorum, 1673"

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Blazon: Argent, a lion sejant affrontee Gules holding in his dexter paw a thistle slipped Vert, flowered Proper, and in the sinister paw a shield Gules, on a chief Azure a saltire of the First. Above the Shield is placed the proper Crown of the Lyon, being precisely after the model of the Imperial Crown of Scotland yet not set with stones but only enamel; behind the Shield are disposed in saltire two representations of the Batons of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, videlicet: Azure, tipped Or, that on the dexter semee of thistles, roses, harps and fleurs de lys also Or (as Lord Lyon King of Arms), that on the sinister semee of thistles and St. Andrew’s Crosses of the Last (as King of Arms of the Most Ancient and Most Noble Order of the Thistle). Around the Shield is placed the Lord Lyon’s Collar of Thistles linked with sprigs of rue interwoven Or and having from it pendent by a Scottish Imperial Crown Proper an oval medallion Or displaying the figure of St. Andrew vested Vert surcoat Purpure bearing before him the cross of his martyrdom Argent, and on a compartment below the Shield are set the proper Supporters of the Lord Lyon King of Arms two lions rampant guardant Gules armed and langued Azure each crowned with the proper crown of the Lord Lyon King of Arms, their bodies semee of thistles crowned Or.

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Date

22 January 2011

Source

Own work; Based on blazon found in article by: Mrs Elizabeth A. Roads, MVO., (Double Tressure, Heraldry Society of Scotland, No 20 1998, pp77-86).

Author

Sodacan

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	Date/Time	Dimensions	User	Comment
current	15:52, 3 October 2022	512 × 427 (1.44 MB)	Sodacan	cleanup again
	15:48, 3 October 2022	512 × 427 (1.45 MB)	Sodacan	cleanup again
	15:37, 3 October 2022	512 × 428 (1.53 MB)	Sodacan	cleanup
	15:00, 11 March 2022	1,497 × 1,251 (2.26 MB)	Di (they-them)	Correct crown
	04:38, 13 November 2019	1,550 × 1,350 (1.05 MB)	Sodacan	minor fixes
	11:31, 30 March 2012	1,550 × 1,350 (1.72 MB)	NikNaks	Fix right lion's claw placement
	11:26, 30 March 2012	1,550 × 1,350 (1.99 MB)	NikNaks	I just cloned the left lion instead of duplicating it; if this cuts down so much, maybe more could be cloned! If there is an error in this, I will revert
	04:11, 14 March 2012	1,550 × 1,350 (2.85 MB)	Sodacan	new grassy compartment
	10:44, 11 June 2011	1,550 × 1,350 (2.83 MB)	Sodacan	Strict accordance with the blazon (just to be on the safe side)
	22:39, 9 June 2011	1,550 × 1,350 (3.5 MB)	Sodacan	New version