The College of Arms Kenya StakeholdersThe College of Arms, Kenya ,Stakeholders Workshop Held on 25th February 2011 at KIE Nairobi

Presented by Joseph Kamenju

A Member of The College of Arms, Nairobi, Kenya

H ld f th iHerald of the morning

The word “Heraldry”The word HeraldryGerman “heer” - a host, an armyGerman heer a host, an army

E li h Si liEnglish: - Signaling- Crying out.Crying out.- Proclaiming

A Herald blows a trumpet ahead of an armyof an army

The International Herald Tribune•A Herald of the Morning•A town crier•Today’s messager or bringer of News

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Pomp and ceremony, especially attendedespecially attended with armorial trappings; pageantrytrappings; pageantry.

Mao ParadeMao Parade

HeraldryTh i f i l b iThe science of armorial bearings

(ARMS)(ARMS)

Samburu Armorial Bearings

• A company or product identifierWHAT IS A LOGO?

• A company or product identifier • The Crier for a Company• The Herald of an Organization or Company

Heralding or announcing the end of thirst

To Embazon is to decorate something

Kamba Cattle Emblazoning

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or to depict an armorial bearing in graphic form.To emblazon a shield is to graphically draw it up

Ndebele House Emblazons

To emblazon a shield is to graphically draw it upusing the rules of heraldic art. These are scientific rules not unlike the rules for Kamba cattle emblazoning. Emblazoned Maasai Shields

The term “blason,” ,by which the science of heraldry is denoted in French, English, Italian, and German, is probably derived from the German word “blazen” -- to blow the horn.

The term BlazonThe term Blazonis the formal defining description of a coat of arms in Heraldry. The primary definition of a coat of arms is y p ythe blazon, not an image.

To Blazon is to describe an armorial design in heraldic language BLAZON

An African shield a fess argent sixteen billets argent overall two bars sable representative of a

il d t k i hi frailroad track in chief azure a muratina tree fruited and eradicated proper in base azure the snow clad peaks of Mount pKenya proper as the same are in the margin hereof more plainly depicted.

SUPPORTERS:On either side a young Kikuyu man and woman both habited proper and each clasping one of two spears crossed saltirewise behind the shield and the woman holding a scales in her left hand.holding a scales in her left hand.

Town Coucil of Karatina

Coat of arms of the Republic of Kenya Various LogosRepublic of Kenya Various Logos

WHAT IS A COAT OF ARMS?WHAT IS A COAT OF ARMS?• The official shield or seal of a family, state, etcThe official shield or seal of a family, state, etc

having an arrangement of bearings, or symbols, usually depicted on and around a shield, in a special language described as heraldry which indicates ancestry and special distinctions.

• A University’s Coat of Arms for example carries symbols valued by the institution over time andsymbols valued by the institution over time and is the central element within the system's official sealsseals.

THE GREAT SEAL OF THE USA

MOTTO: OUT OF MANY, ONE

Sir Paul McCartney, Kt, M.B.E. Coat of Arms

• The design of Sir Paul McCartney's coat of arms granted in June 2001 not only incorporatesgranted in June 2001, not only incorporates his musical career, but also incorporates his Liverpudlian roots with the crest showing a LiverLiverpudlian roots with the crest showing a Liver bird holding a guitar in its claw. The time he spent with fellow band members John Lennon, George Harrison and Ringo Star are also represented in Sir Paul's design by the four

d bl th hi ld hi h blcurved emblems on the shield which resembles 'beetles' backs, while the two black circles also shown on the shield symbolises records andshown on the shield symbolises records and CDs. The motto ' Ecce Cor Meum ' in Latin is Behold my Heart is the title of the oratorio Sir yPaul wrote during his first wife's Linda's illness.

We use heraldry, or armory toor armory, to identify persons; their documentstheir documents, their buildings, towns and tombs. Such use of heraldry has

lt d i tresulted in two other, but secondarysecondary, purposes: commemoration and decoration.

Starehe Boys CentreStarehe Boys CentreCommemorating the founder Mr. Griffin with a Griffin erased?

ORIGINS

Mediaeval Europep• Age of chivalry• Knights in Armorg• Identification

Blazonry• The artistic decoration• The artistic decoration

of shields for purposes of displaypurposes of display and identification

ORIGINS• The knight upon his

return home usually hung his helmet and shield on a wall and draped them with phis cloak. This was later represented by p yartists as his “Coat of Arms”of Arms

ORIGINS OF S GTHE DESIGN

Sketched roughly fromSketched roughly from the appearance of the knight or the hanging

f th i lof the armorial bearingsA CrestA. CrestB.Wreath (Torse)C Helmet (Side View)C.Helmet (Side View)D.MantlingE.ShieldE.ShieldF.Scroll (Motto)

Formal arrangement of a Coat of Arms showing the main elements. This is refered to as “Full Achievement of Arms”

The term ARMS refers to the shield alone as the principle element of the Achievement.

ARMS

• The most important ppart of the Coat of Arms is the shield and is the oneand is the one called “Coat of Arms” or “Arms”. The rest of the elements only go into giving a moreinto giving a more complete story referred to as the “Full Achievement of Arms”

FULL ACHIEVEMENT OF ARMS

Coat of Arms of The University of Nairobi

THE SCIENCE OF SHIELD COLOURS

THE SCIENCE OF SHIELD DIVISIONS (ORDINARIES)(ORDINARIES)

THE SCIENCE OF ELEMENTS THAT DIVIDE THE SHIELD (SUB ORDINARIES)THE SHIELD (SUB-ORDINARIES)

THE SCIENCE OF PLACING ELEMENTS ON THE SHIELD (CHARGES) lON THE SHIELD (CHARGES) examples

SHIELD SHAPESSHIELD SHAPES

16th Century afterWalter Leonhard 19th Century by

Knight and Rumley

Shield shapes vary according to the geographical origin as well as the time period.

GRANT OF ARMSTh A t d b thThe Arms are granted by the Registrar of Arms in Kenya, and in other countries by the King of Arms, the State Herald,or such other official ,mandated by law to grant such arms.

To a University, Local or Municipal authority, etc., such a Grant together y, , gwith the Charter, and the Mace, constitute the only visible instruments of power and authority so that they attain the status ofso that they attain the status of hallowed objects.

Grants are also given by the sovereign to persons who havesovereign to persons who have significantly enriched the Realms of the sovereign. (see pdf)

Examples here in Kenya areExamples here in Kenya are Presidential grants like EBS, EGH, etc orders.

CAERNAVON CASTLE

• On the investure ofinvesture of the Prince of Wales on 1stWales on 1July 1969

Municipal Council of Nyeri Council Chamber

Maasai Moran’s (B lt)(Belt)

United Kingdom Flag

R bli f S h Af i FlRepublic of South Africa Flag

R bli f K FlRepublic of Kenya Flag