A Treatise on Heraldry, British and Foreign: With English and French Glossaries, Volume 1W. & A.K. Johnston, 1896 - Devices (Heraldry). |
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affrontés ancient animal appears argent argent and azure argent and gules armes fausses armes parlantes armorial bearings Azure Barons Barry Bavaria bend bend-sinister bendlets bezants blazon Bookseller bordure bore borne British armory Caltrap canting arms canting coat canton century Chapter chequy chevron chevron between three chief colour Comtes conjoined coticed counter-changed Counts crescent crest cross crowned d'argent d'Azur d'or dexter double-headed eagle dragon Ducs Dukes eagle displayed Earls England English engrailed ermine escucheon examples fess field flaunches fleur-de-lis France French blazon frequently gueules gules head heraldic charge Heraldry Holland indented issuant King lion rampant lozenge Marquises mount in base naiant Ordinary origin orle pairle pale argent paleways passant Plate XV Plate XXIV Plate XXXI points Princes proper quartered represented Rolls of Arms roundles Royal sable saltire Scotland Scottish seal semé shield sinister tail tincture tressure trois usually vair vert wavy wings Zürich