>A Wyvern being the mythical two-legged Dragon that ruled the ancient Albion
>Kingdom of Mercia in Middle England with Coventry as it's capital.
>
Knew about it... `not sure everyone else did...
I always thought wyverns were dragons for folks who couldn't afford the
real thing... Y'know... a Target Cymru... 50% off;OP
As far a heraldic mythical beasties go, my fave has always been the
manticore. `Body and tail of a
lion with a scorpion's sting, face of a man with seven rows of "great
pointy teeth"!
Greg
Greg Petrolati Champaign, Illinois
That's not a leak... My car's just marking its territory...
>From: Guyots3@wmconnect.com
>Reply-To: Guyots3@wmconnect.com
>To: fot@autox.team.net
>Subject: Open book!
>Date: Wed, 8 Jun 2005 02:57:08 EDT
>
>In a message dated 6/7/05 6:17:40 AM Pacific Daylight Time,
>owner-fot-digest@autox.team.net writes:
>
>
> > I started with the old Triumph "Open Book" logo which looked a bit like
> > an old "heater" shield.
>
>Actually, it was never an open book, but believe it or not, the
>Standard-Triumph shield was a stylised representation of the truncated
>wings
>of the Wyvern
>of Mercia.
>(The Wyvern also appears on the door badge of all the Police cars in the
>Warwickshire Constabulary)
>
>This was imparted to me many years ago by Brian Blackwell, the then
>historian
>of the Standard Motor Club who was a very knowledgable if slightly
>eccentric
>individual and owner of an Edwardian Standard Motor car!
>
>Hope that information is of interest.
>
>Regards
>
>Lion F Guyot
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