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Introduction | Une
bibliothèque virtuelle | Les
Moffarts au Hamel | La
commission d'avis | Le
Prix international d'Héraldique Baron André de Moffarts | Séminaires
et colloques internationaux Le Prix international d'Héraldique
'Baron André de Moffarts' THE MOFFARTS PRIZE FOR HERALDIC ART
The competition theme this year was to devise heraldic ensigns for an imagined association of Nobel Laureates. Competitors were to produce an A4 coloured painting and a smaller monochrome appropriate for letterhead and were to explain their choices and the reasons for them. Competitor had to submit their entries with a portfolio of other heraldic works by May Day 2006. Eleven submissions were made and anonymously judged by a very distinguished international jury panel. The winner was Mark Donald Dennis.
The colours reflect the Swedish State liveries. The image was selected because the prize winners are all at the apex of their respective disciplines, the pile reversed Or. Collectively they generate light and energy to the world – and in this the reference to the sun’s rays is appropriate. The scroll and wreathe is also a small pun on the plant the ‘noble laurel’, laurus nobilis, and the Nobel Laureates. The whole achievement is non militaristic – no helms, crests or trophies of war – but dignified and complete."
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On
the death of the Baron, the Moffarts Foundation decided the modest
annual heraldic art prizes it had been sponsoring in the Benelux countries
should become a fully international, biennial event. The prize, a beautiful
bronze medal and € 5000, would be awarded at the International
Congresses. The first competition was announced this year.
Mr
Dennis said— "I used an atypical shield, nothing that could
be associated with any century or country. If anything, the whole design
has a faint belle époque/ art nouveau sense – fitting
for the time of Alfred Nobel. The blazon is: Azure six piles reversed
Or, the shield encircled with victor’s laurels entwined with
an scroll bearing the words: SOCIETAS LAUREATORUM NOBELIUM.
