Vert, on a chief wavy argent two bees sable
That’s my new device, if the College of Heralds like it. It looks like this. (I’m not sure about the precise nature of the waviness. Does it matter, from instance to instance, if it’s a bit different? Four humps, five? I would think not, if we’re judging on a readability-from-100 yards basis. We’ll find out.) Oh, right, a name? Well, since I ditched the Hungarian notion, and the Margareta stands, I went back to Daan’s family tree. "Gijsberts" is the oldest byname listed, and was most certainly the previous genitor’s first name, since they didn’t become Van der Loop until … Continue reading Vert, on a chief wavy argent two bees sable