English: Coat of arms of York City Council. The so-called Cap of Maintenance is here correctly shown in the reversal of its usual position in heraldry. Explanatory text per Wikipedia –
Cap of maintenance:
"The
City of York claims to possess an original medieval Cap of Maintenance, which is kept and displayed in the Mansion House; whatever its origin it is in fact a "
Robin Hood" style of cap with ermine trimmings forming into a split peak at the back and was copied from an heraldic drawing and not from a genuine Cap of Maintenance. Caps of this style are still worn by the York Swordbearers. The City of York claims the grant of a Cap of Maintenance from the
Yorkist King
Richard III (1483-1485)[1]) and incorporates this into its Coat of Arms as a quasi-crest but reverses it so that the tail or peak faces to
dexter (viewer's left), thus further compounding the confusion".
Date
16 February 2008 (original upload date); 6 November 2006 (last version)
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2007-06-12 20:36
Tivedshambo 160×91× (4078 bytes) Replacement with colour version
2006-11-06 23:16
R.carroll 276×119× (5538 bytes) Taken from York City Council's website, [[http://www.york.gov.uk]]
↑The Mansion House, York, website claims this as a grant from King Richard II in 1393 - almost 90 years earlier than Richard III
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Reverted to version as of 19:00, 21 November 2009 (UTC). Reason: The cap of maintenance is shown correctly with peak/tail facing left, a unique usage of York, opposite to usual orientation in heraldry. Explanatory text added to file description
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