Sketch of the day in my moleskine art journal is of antique Turkish trunk escutcheons.
‘All journeys have a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware.’
20 thoughts on “Sketch of the day no 630 in my moleskine art journal: trunk escutcheon. All journeys have a secret destination of which the traveller is unaware.”
Just looked it up. Heraldry and locksmith(ery)
(Let’s skip the medical definition as not appropriate for this blog!)
I didn’t know that word. Now looking at it, it probably comes (slightly deformed) from the french “écusson” which meant the colours and symbols of your lineage. If you were a nobleman/woman of course.
Us commoners did not have an écusson.
Thanks. I learned something new today.
🙂
June 19, 2015 at 15:33
A half made up word 😂
June 17, 2015 at 22:24
Just looked it up. Heraldry and locksmith(ery)
(Let’s skip the medical definition as not appropriate for this blog!)
I didn’t know that word. Now looking at it, it probably comes (slightly deformed) from the french “écusson” which meant the colours and symbols of your lineage. If you were a nobleman/woman of course.
Us commoners did not have an écusson.
Thanks. I learned something new today.
🙂
June 17, 2015 at 22:20
Got me there. What on earth is an escucheon?
???
(I’ll look it up)
June 10, 2015 at 21:42
🙂
June 10, 2015 at 21:26
I think that’s a good approach 😄🌹