tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626442190754966313.post8130020738309307250..comments2023-10-12T06:18:10.474-07:00Comments on Handgrenadealien's Great Lament.: More Pesky Islemen.Handgrenadealienhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16616013296799287812noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626442190754966313.post-11418420898170521772015-03-15T11:42:36.367-07:002015-03-15T11:42:36.367-07:00Great bunch!Great bunch!Mallius Vanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11017597212038657943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626442190754966313.post-24897721197010279312015-03-15T11:05:26.459-07:002015-03-15T11:05:26.459-07:00Greetings to Portugal, many thanks for the comment...Greetings to Portugal, many thanks for the comments. I take your point about quartering of arms generally, but apparently certain clans of Highlanders quartered arms for symbolic reasons rather than to purely denote lineage. Just started reading up on the subject - very confused.<br />Regards HGA.Handgrenadealienhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16616013296799287812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5626442190754966313.post-54500141807063931002015-03-15T08:33:07.350-07:002015-03-15T08:33:07.350-07:00Very nicely painted fellows, excellent work! In my...Very nicely painted fellows, excellent work! In my country, the quartering of the coats of arms was due to inheriting them from their father and mother - the sons would quarter their personal coat of arms with both, to distinguish themselves from each other and from other relatives in the field of battle. I suppose it was/is the same all over Europe. Greetings from Portugal :)Roghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16591128642473114113noreply@blogger.com