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Subject:	Re: Shells in heraldry
From:	David Campbell <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Conchologists of America List <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:14:07 -0400
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Scallops are fairly popular for heraldry, as they were symbolic of someone
making the pilgrimage to the shrine of St. James.  They appear in the
Cottrill coat of arms, for example, providing a claim for me to have
conchology far back in family ancestry.


Dr. David Campbell
"Old Seashells"
Department of Geological Sciences
CB 3315 Mitchell Hall
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill NC 27599-3315 USA
[log in to unmask], 919-962-0685, FAX 919-966-4519

"He had discovered an unknown bivalve, forming a new genus"-E. A. Poe, The
Gold Bug

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