From: Dylan Wright Subject: Blazons of arms from Ankh-Morpork map The "Concife and possibly even accurate Mapp" of Ankh-Morpork, published in Britain at the beginning of November 1993, has, on its cover and in its borders, several coats of arms of the City and its principal families and Guilds. I decided to work out their blazon on a bored afternoon, and post to a.f.p. [Any mistakes in the blazons are down to a) my imperfect heraldry or b) the different rules in A-M. Guess which.] ARMS OF THE CITY OF ANKH-MORPORK Quarterly per pale and per bend sinister wavy; 1st vert, semy of cabbages proper; 2nd and 3rd argent, a moneybag closed and tied or; 4th sable. Over all, on a bend sinister wavy azure two bendlets sinister wavy argent; further over all, a tower in full pale turreted and masoned proper. Crest : Above an ankh or; on an owl displayed guardant proper an escutcheon of the arms of Unseen University; over which the slogan "Mervs in Pectvm et in Aqvam" [Pure in Heart and Water, for non-dog-Latinists] Supporters : Two hippos proper, the dexter gorged with a Patricial chain of office, the sinister a royal coronet, both or; standing on a compartment representing the mud of the Ankh between two grassy banks. Motto : Qvanti Canicvla illa in Fenestra [How Much is that Doggy in the Window] ARMS OF THE VETINARI FAMILY Sable. Motto : Si non Confectvs non Reficiat [If it isn't Broken, don't Fix it] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF FOOLS AND JOCULATORS Per pale argent and azure, on a chief dancetty sable points belled or a torteau. Motto : Dico Dico Dico [I Say, I Say, I Say] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF MERCHANTS AND TRADERS Quarterly; 1st or a cock gules; 2nd azure, the stern of a merchantman issuant from the sinister or; 3rd azure, a purse closed or; 4th or, a bulls face gules. Over all, an owl displayed guardant grasping an ankh in its talons all or. Motto : Vilis ad Bis Pretii [Cheap at Twice the Price] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF ALCHEMISTS Quarterly; 1st and 4th azure goutty d'or; 2nd and 3rd gules, a crucible within flames or. Motto : Omnis qvi Corvscat est Or [All that Glitters is Gold] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF ASSASSINS Per bend sinister gules and azure; between in chief a dagger palewise or cloaked sable lined argent and in base two crosses moline or a bend sinister purpure. Motto : Nil Mortifii sine Lvcre [No Killing without Pay] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF THIEVES, BURGLARS AND ALLIED TRADES Barry of twelve argent and sable, a purse closed and torn dropping coins all or. Motto: Actvs id Verberat [It Beats Working] ARMS OF THE RAMKIN FAMILY Gules, a swamp dragon sejeant proper; over all three pallets argent. Motto : Non Svmet Nvllvs pro Responso [She won't Take No for an Answer] ARMS OF THE GUILD OF PLUMBERS AND DUNNYKINDIVERS Tierced in pairle reversed; dexter chief gules, a sinister hand apaume couped below the wrist proper; sinister chief vert, one bezant; base or, a cock gules. Motto : Non Anti Septem Dies Proxima Sqviri [Not Before Next Week, Squire] ARMS OF UNSEEN UNIVERSITY Azure, in chief a book with two seals or open proper inscribed "Nunc id Vides, Nunc Ne Vides" [Now you See it, Now you Don't], in base a wizzard's hat gules semy of mullets argent. Also, in the two top corners of the map, above the gargoyles, there are two shields; one is fairly obviously Librarian-related, but as to the other I have no idea - Rincewind's, perhaps?? Anyway, Sable, a banana palewise proper. Gules, six decrescents argent. -- : DACOD (dyw3@aber.ac.uk): "This particularly rapid, unintelligible patter : : Dept of Inf/Lib Studies: Isn't generally heard, and if it is it doesn't : : UCW, Aberystwyth. : matter." : : Why ask _me_?? : W.S. Gilbert, "Ruddigore", Act II :