THE PAGES COAT OF ARMS

Throughout history Knights began their journey as Pages. At the age of seven a boy would begin his training for a life of service. This started in the castle kitchens, or sculleries. The “Scullery Knaves”, as the Pages were known, would perform any and all sorts of menial tasks essential to maintaining a knights household. Years of this engrained in them the importance of service to their Knight.

Though Pages were historically never given a coat of arms we have found it important, for a number of reasons, to create a badge of sorts that represents what the young men of our organization dedicate themselves to. The tinctures used reflect the parent organization that they serve.

A field gules. A dipper gules upon pale argent in bend Dexter.

A field gules. The base layer is gules, or red. It is the color of blood, the color of sacrifice. This represents the foundation of willing selflessness that all service is based upon: putting the needs of another over your own. It is one of the first virtues Pages are taught and engendered with. They are, at every occasion, encouraged to give freely of themselves, both in time and efforts, for this is the basis of Knightly virtues such as charity and generosity. “Thou shalt be generous and give freely to everyone.”

A dipper gules upon a pale argent in bend Dexter. The second layer is a pale argent. This silver stripe (heraldically displayed in white) running from the upper left (Dexter) represents the code of chivalry that all Knights aspire to live by and embody. It is not the foundation of this coat of arms as in the achievement of the Knightly Order of the Fiat Lux. Rather it is more a line, or path, that can one day lead young men to a life of righteousness. Upon it is the dipper, or spoon, in gules. This harkens back to their historical role as “scullery knaves”. It represents the earnest sacrifice and service they commit themselves to on their path to eventual knighthood.