And this is what makes heraldry so intriguing — its ability to hang on for eons. Pope Francis’s coat of arms, is, of course, simple: a blue field with three designs.

Anthony Maxwell, highly stylistic 21st-century heraldic designer. Born January 17 1954, in Scarborough, Yorkshire; Died: January 16 2021, in Edinburgh, aged 66.

Died: January 16, 2021. ANTHONY Maxwell, who has died a day short of his 67th birthday, was Scotland’s leading heraldic artist, whose work was sought worldwide.