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Americana Illustrated
Vol. XXI January, 1927 Number 1, Page 182
"Phelps Line" description:
Arms - Per pale, or and argent, a wolf salient azure, between eight crosses, crosslett fitchee gules.
Crest - A wolf's head erased azure, collared or, thereon a martlet sable.
Motto - Qui transtulit sustinet. (He who transplanted, still sustains).
Translated into non-Heraldic terms: A shield divided vertically into two equal parts (per pale), the right side of the shield (at your left) being gold (or), and the left side silver (argent). In the center is a blue (azure) wolf standing on its two hind legs and pawing the air (salient). The wolf is surrounded by eight crosses, red (gules) in color, the three upper arms of each cross are crossed again which makes it the "crosslet" form. But the lower arm, instead of being crossed, is pointed "fitchee:" thus the whole name for the cross as pictured is "cross crosslet fitchee." The crest is a blue (azure) wolf's head violently torn from the body with hair hanging jagged (erased)which is wearing a gold (or) collar. A black (sable) footless swallow (martlet)is either on the collar or on the wolf's head depending upon the interpretation of the punctuation.
Several mottoes have been used by the Phelps families, and some Arms have been registered without any mottoes.
-- Veritas sine timor (Truth without fear) --
Crux Fidei Lux (The cross is the light of faith)
-- Qui transtulit sustinet. (He who transplanted, still sustains) -- Respice finem (respect boundaries or territory)
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