Recent Finds Part II

Arms of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas and its cathedral
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

As I keep coming across good heraldry found online, I've taken up the challenge to render and post here for the sake of preservation.  First up, the arms of the Episcopal Diocese of Texas--not a new coat to me but its cathedral, Christ Church is a new one.  I like the simplicity of the cathedral's design, especially by carrying the diocese's star over and placed in dexter quarter to show unification.  The designer of the cathedral's arms, unknown to me at present, clearly knew what they were doing.

Arms of Christ Church Cathedral Houston, TX
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

Blazon for the arms of Christ Church Cathedral in Houston, TX:  Argent, on a cross throughout Azure the Greek monogram for Christ (I and X) paleways Or in dexter quarter a mullet Azure.

Arms of Boutetourt Press Williamsburg, Virginia
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

Here's a corporate coat of arms, those of Boutetourt Press located in Williamsburg, Virginia.  While not found on the Internet, these arms grace the dust jacket of my copy, "Hark Upon the Gale," a pictorial history book on the College of William & Mary.  I'm drawn to these arms because they are simply brilliant for a press to bear and use.  

Arms of Zion Episcopal Church, Manchester, VT
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

Creating the fretty for the arms of Zion Episcopal Church in Manchester, Vermont was quite the challenge for me.  But...see how the fretty in base creates the image of a six pointed star, or the Jerusalem star?  Brilliant!

What I believe to be the arms of St. James Episcopal Church, Hendersonville, NC
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

The arms for St. James' in Hendersonville, North Carolina were discovered carved in relief on the parish's sign.  The three golden escallops were easily identifiable and the fretty design was also visible.  As to the tinctures/metals?  The top of the fretty was painted red, so the base has to be a metal.  I tried gold and the shells truly became lost due to the field's powerful color.  So, I used Argent.  Who knows which is correct at present?

Arms of All Saints Episcopal Church, Palo Alto, CA
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

I like how the semy plays on the celestial crown which customarily represents "all the saints."  I think these arms were designed by The Rev. Ekford Dekay.  

Arms of All Saints Episcopal Church Peterborough, NH
Rendered by Chad Krouse, 2025

The coat of arms of All Saints Episcopal Church located in Peterborough, New Hampshire were quite fun to recreate.  The image I found for the arms was rather small and I believe the charges between the canton's chevron are estoilles.  Moreover, there's a lot of symbolism packed into this design.  I fully suspect Col. Harry D. Temple (1911-2004) designed these arms.  The bordure contains the arms of the Diocese of New Hampshire to show the parish's unification and the canton appears to me to be personal arms--maybe the first rector or benefactor?  As soon as I know, I'll update this posting.