The Arms of Death

by: Brian de Fitz-James; 25, October, 2008

The attributed Arms of God,

called the Scutum Fidei;

those of St Michael the Archangel;

and those of Satan,

based on Revelations 16:13--

"three unclean spirits like frogs".

Some medieval heralds argued

that God does not need a shield,

because He is invulnerable.

by Albrecht Dürer, 1503

Albrecht Dürer, 1471 - 1528

Self-portrait, 1500

by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1538

Hans Holbein the Younger, 1497 - 1543

Self-portrait, 1542