Okay, probably not, but while we’re discussing the intersection of religion and Playboy bunnies here at First Things , I thought I’d share this curious artifact :
The heraldic image above actually comes from the Hastings Hours (a private devotional book) in the British Library . Evidently, the Hastings’ family coat of arms is comprised of argent a maunch sable (or, black sleeve on a silver background). So the negative space between the sleeve that looks like the Playboy Bunny is just pure negative space. And that oddly shaped black thing is a sleeve, like the ones on a shirt but imagine a long, swooping medieval sleeve.The golden writing around the blue belt (actually the symbol of the Order of the Garter ) says Honi soit qui mal y pense : Shame be to him who thinks evil.
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