Macedonian Flags and Coat of Arms
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yeah i read how the royalty around the world & governments have developed thei coat of arms as based from ancient macedonian symbols..Eg the lion,double headed eagle,lion & other symbols."Ido not want an uprising of people that would leave me at the first failure, I want revolution with citizens able to bear all the temptations to a prolonged struggle, what, because of the fierce political conditions, will be our guide or cattle to the slaughterhouse"
GOTSE DELCEV
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ROLL CHRONICLE
Interactive showing scenes from a rare surviving genealogical roll compiled to chart the descent of King Henry VI (1422-1471) From Adam and Eve Mid-fifteenth century with aditions of c.1665
Alexander the Great,
King of Macedonia,
356-323 BC.One of the Nine Worthies
of medieval art and literature,his shield
of arms contains a lion sitting in an arm
chair and holding a halberd.
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From Wikipedia: "The griffin (griffon or gryphon) is a legendary creature with the body of a lion and the head and wings of an eagle. As the lion was traditionally considered the king of the beasts and the eagle was the king of the birds, the griffin was thought to be an especially powerful and majestic creature. Griffins are normally known for guarding treasure. In antiquity it was a symbol of divine power and a guardian of the divine.
Most contemporary illustrations give the griffin legs like an eagle's legs with talons, although in some older illustrations it has a lion's forelimbs; it generally has a lion's hindquarters. Its eagle's head is conventionally given prominent ears; these are sometimes described as the lion's ears, but are often elongated (more like a horse's), and sometimes feathered.
Infrequently, a griffin is portrayed without wings (or a wingless eagle-headed lion is identified as a griffin); in 15th century and later heraldry such a beast may be called an alce or a keythong. In heraldry, a griffin always has forelegs like an eagle's; the beast with forelimbs like a lion's forelegs was distinguished by perhaps only one English herald of later heraldry as the opinicus. The modern generalist calls it the lion-griffin, as for example, Robin Lane Fox, in Alexander the Great, 1973: 31 and notes, p. 506, who remarks a lion-griffin attacking a stag in a pebble mosaic at Pella, perhaps as an emblem of the kingdom of Macedon or a personal one of Alexander's successor Antipater ca. 397BC-319BC). Antipater was a Macedonian general who supported Alexander the Great. In 320 BC, he became regent of all of Alexander's empire."
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Description Ingeram-Codex der ehemaligen Bibliothek Cotta
das [sind] die dry besten hayden
alexander rex
julius zesar
hector von troy
Date 1459
Source Die Wappenbücher Herzog Albrechts VI. von Österreich: Ingeram-Codex d. ehem. Bibliothek Cotta; hrsg. v. Charlotte Becher u. Ortwin Gamber; Wien; Köln; Graz; 1986. Jahrbuch der Heraldisch-Genealogischen Gesellschaft Adler; Folge 3, Bd. 12 Jg. 1984/85; ISBN 3-205-05002-9
English: Attributed arms of Julius Caesar, Alexander the Great, and Hector of Troy, three of the "Nine Worthies"
Author Hans Ingeram and a so called Exempla-master
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