Images Dated 2nd March 2013

Spectators watch skiers descending down from the slope while holding lit torches in the

Spectators (bottom) watch skiers descending down from the slope while holding lit torches in the town of Zheleznogorsk, some 50km (31 miles) northeast of Russia's Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk, March 2, 2013. Local residents organized an annual winter torch festival to promote sports and a healthy way of life, according to organizers. Picture taken with long exposure. REUTERS/Ilya Naymushin (RUSSIA - Tags: SOCIETY SPORT TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Coat of arms copperplate 17th century Beale and Palmer

This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blome's (Britannia), an atlas published in 1673. It features the coats of arms of people who contributed towards the completion of the work - starting with King Charles II. Each page includes 35 coats of arms, presented here in pairs. These two coats of arms are from folio (page) 23 of the work. In old English, ans appeared as a longs (which looks like an f'), while ss appeared as fs'. Com was an abbreviation for County'. A number is assigned to each benefactor. Here are the accompanying texts (followed by modernised English where appropriate): 808 Bartholomew BEALE of Hopto East in ye County of Salop Efq one of ye Auditors of his Ma'tys Imprefts (of Hopton Castle in the County of Shropshire; his Majesty's Impress) 809 Charles PALMER of Chairing Crofs in St. Martins in ye field in Com Middlefex Gent. (Charing Cross; St. Martin-in-the-Fields) More from the same coat-of-arms series (many more via blue link)

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Coat of arms 17th century British company heraldry

This image is from a copperplate engraving, and shows part of a roll of arms from Richard Blome's Britannia, an atlas published in 1673. It features the coats of arms of people who contributed towards the completion of the work a?? starting with King Charles II. Each page includes 35 coats of arms, presented here in pairs. These two coats of arms are from folio (page) 23 of the work. In old English, ans appeared as a longs (which looks like an f'), while ss appeared as fs'. Com was an abbreviation for County'. A number is assigned to each benefactor. Here are the accompanying texts (followed by modernised English where appropriate): 798. Ye Atcheivement of ye Hon'ble Company of TVRKEY Merchants (The Achievement of the Honourable Company of Turkey Merchants). 799. Ye Atcheivement of ye Hon'ble Company of MOSCOVIA Merchants (The Honourable Company of (old) Russian Merchants)

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