It’s interesting that he wants to describe it as an art, because the medievals were very clear that heraldry was a science. This is in the ancient sense of the word as a field devoted to the study of one kind of thing, as physics was the science of motion and optics was the study of manipulating light.
He uses both. At 0:37 he calls it a science. I think it's the audience he expects to reach thru this medium. I think it's common today. Floriani describes it as art and science in his "An Introduction to Heraldry," for example. Chesterton also described it as such in The Everlasting Man. For better or worse, they don't have much of a Medieval audience these days.
Ah, I missed his usage of the term. It was a tiring trip yesterday. Yes, it's a point that has to be explained to a contemporary audience (few enough of whom could explain what a science is even in their usual context).
It is very good to be home. Traveling to Mississippi and Georgia in this heat refreshed my appreciation for the relatively cool air of the mountain heights. It's still summer, and still very humid, but it is a good twenty degrees cooler up here.
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It’s interesting that he wants to describe it as an art, because the medievals were very clear that heraldry was a science. This is in the ancient sense of the word as a field devoted to the study of one kind of thing, as physics was the science of motion and optics was the study of manipulating light.
He uses both. At 0:37 he calls it a science. I think it's the audience he expects to reach thru this medium. I think it's common today. Floriani describes it as art and science in his "An Introduction to Heraldry," for example. Chesterton also described it as such in The Everlasting Man. For better or worse, they don't have much of a Medieval audience these days.
- Tom
Ah, I missed his usage of the term. It was a tiring trip yesterday. Yes, it's a point that has to be explained to a contemporary audience (few enough of whom could explain what a science is even in their usual context).
It's good to be home, isn't it!
It is very good to be home. Traveling to Mississippi and Georgia in this heat refreshed my appreciation for the relatively cool air of the mountain heights. It's still summer, and still very humid, but it is a good twenty degrees cooler up here.
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