Wikipedia:Featured picture candidates/Grant of arms

Grant of arms

Original - Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms by Philip II of Spain to Alonso de Mesa and Hernando de Mesa, signed 25 November 1566.

Reason

A good period example of heraldry: this comes from a sixteenth century manuscript grant of arms signed by the king of Spain. Restored version of File:Grant of arms.jpg.

Articles this image appears in

Grant of Arms, Law_of_Arms#The_right_to_bear_arms, Spanish_heraldry#Origins_and_history

Creator

Anonymous illustrator employed by King Philip II of Spain

• Support as nominator --Durova³⁰⁶ 18:41, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
• Comment Is this the entire document, or is this just an illustration included on the document? I would think that a grant of arms would be a document that includes legal text and includes an illustration of the arms, something like: "I, the king, hereby grant to Senor Mesa and his descendants the right to bear arms described as follows (HERALDIC DESCRIPTION), which look like this (ILLUSTRATION)." The document itself would have EV; I am unsure what EV the nominiated picture has apart from depicting this particular coat of arms. Spikebrennan (talk) 18:52, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
  • The caption "Illustration from a manuscript grant of arms..." isn't clear enough? Of the nineteen page manuscript only two pages contain illustration: the initial page and this portion illustrating the coat of arms itself. Durova³⁰⁶ 19:19, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support It would be impractical to include all 19 pages, but this provides an attractive and encyclopedic sample, from which further discussion can spring. If more details are desirable, the original text is linked (and, being LoC, should be stable into the far future), so they are easily acquirable, and could be added to the caption on the appropriate pages. Shoemaker's Holiday ^{Over 200 FCs served} 21:55, 26 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support. It is pretty soft at full size though. Noodle snacks (talk) 12:22, 28 August 2009 (UTC)
• Support Good enough EV and quality. Makeemlighter (talk) 16:04, 1 September 2009 (UTC)
• Support, GerardM (talk) 16:12, 1 September 2009 (UTC)

Promoted File:Grant of arms2.jpg --jjron (talk) 07:39, 3 September 2009 (UTC)