Arthurian Heraldry at King Arthur Great Halls Tintagel
In the Hall of Chivalry there are 48 stained glass windows depicting the shields of some of the Arthurian Knights. These were designed by and crafted by Veronica Whall in 1930-33. They are lovely and well worth a visit. I have created 33 knights in the window style. The Heraldry is very interesting as it must have been created for the Hall of Chivalry as it does not in most cases follow the usual Heraldic Arms from the Arthurian Rolls. I often wonder if the designers from the MGM Film Knights of the Round Table (1952/3) did some research at the Great Halls as there are some similarities with the films coats of arms and in turn the Timpo models.
Arthurian Heraldry from the Rolls, Painting and Book Illustrations
These are the Coats of Arms from romantic stories of French prose authors and best know of all Malory.These shields do not belong to the real Arthur, but are the Coats of Arms displayed at many of the Tourneys which were held in the Arthurian tradition from about 1200 onwards. Much research in this area has carried out by Edouard Sandoz, Gerard J Brault and Michel Pastoureau.In his book Armorial des chevaliers de la Table Rounde . Michel Pastoureau lists with detail 178 named knights. This information was gathered from Rolls he found throughout France. My painted model knights are how I would like to have seen them, I'm no expert on heraldry and no wish to be, but slowly I will add to these figures