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| My variation for a seal with the arms of the City of Fredericksburg Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
In 1971, Temple's (1911-2004) armorial design for the City of Fredericksburg, Virginia was officially adopted by the city. Packed with meaning and references for Fredericksburg, Temple's design is blazoned: Argent, on a cross saltire Azure two ostrich feathers in saltire Or on an ineschuteon Gules the crown of Charlemagne Or.
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| The arms of Tift College in Forsyth, Georgia. Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
The design of arms Temple devised for Tift College which was located in Forsyth, Georgia was adopted by the school in 1965 (Stone, 1969, p.173). Tift College merged in 1986 with Mercer College and thus these arms are no longer extant.
Earlier this year, I wrote about Tift College's arms as I had finally located an official blazon; click here to read about Temple's design of arms for Tift College.
The blazon of arms for Tift College is: Argent, a cross Sable with a maltese cross of the first, on a chief Azure three roses Or barbed Vert (Tift, 1967, p.107).
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| Concept of using St. Augustine Parish's arms in a wafer-style seal. Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
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| The arms of St. Peter's Cathedral in Helena, Montana. Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
DeKay (1993) provides both the blazon and design rationale for the arms of St. Peter's Cathedral in Helena Montana; however no designer is named. Based on the illustration in DeKay (1993) this coat is highly suspicious in that Temple most likely designed the cathedral's arms. The line dancetty abstractly refers to the Rocky Mountains, the gold base comes from the arms of the first bishop of the Diocese of Montana, and the black cross patee honors the first vicar of St. Peter's. I will send the cathedral a request for design information in the coming days.
Blazon for the arms of St. Peter's Cathedral in Helena, Montana: Per fess dancetty Azure and Or in chief a civic crown Argent charged with two keys in saltire Gules in a base a cross patee Sable (DeKay, 1993, p.109).
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| The arms of the Cathedral of St. Luke in Orlando, Florida. Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
The arms of the Cathedral of St. Luke located in Orlando, Florida is another design likely created by Temple. I happened upon these arms randomly and the canton immediately raised an eye brow towards Temple. While I cannot locate a design rationale, the white canton and red cross saltire makes a clear reference to Florida's flag and the fleam is often attributed as a charge for St. Luke the "surgeon." I rather like this simple design.
Blazon for the arms of the Cathedral of St. Luke in Orlando, Florida: Pean, on a canton Argent a cross saltire Gules charged with a fleam Or.
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| The arms of the Cathedral Church of St. James in South Bend, Indiana. Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2024. |
DeKay (1993) credits Temple for designing the arms for the Cathedral Church of St. James in South Bend, Indiana blazoned: Azure, three bendlets Or on a canton Gules an escallop Argent (p.112). The escallop is an attributed charge for St. James the Greater while the three gold lines mimic the waters left in the wake of St. James' missionary travels by ship. I also like this simple design.
Works Cited
De Kay, E. (1993). Heraldry in the Episcopal Church. Acorn Press.
Stone, E.W. (1969). Yesterday at Tift. Foote & Davies.
Tift College (1967). Chiaroscuro [yearbook]. The Chiaroscuro Collections, Special Collections and University Archives, Mercer University, Macon, GA. http://hdl.handle.net/10898/10928
