Intelligible Heraldry: The Application of a Mediæval System of Record and Identification to Modern Needs |
Contents
Acknowledgements | xiii |
Preliminary Encouragements | 13 |
The Achievement | 18 |
Copyright | |
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achievement argent armigerous armorial bearings armour artist authority azure badges baronet bars bascinet bend sinister bendlet bezants blazon bordure borne cadency mark called Chapter charges chevron coat of arms College of Arms colour coronet cotised counterchanged crescent crest crest-wreath cross deed-poll dexter side differenced Diminutive display divided drawing Earl Marshal English engrailed ermine example fact father fess fimbriated flag fleur-de-lys gold grant of arms gules half-tone hatchment head heir heiress helm helmet heraldry honour impaled inescutcheon inescutcheon of pretence Ireland Irish joust King of Arms knight label lion livery lozenge mantling married Marshal metal mother's father's mullet name and arms Office of Arms ordinary orle pale Pellet plate quarterly quarters rampant reader regard round roundels Royal Licence rules sable saltire Scotland seals shield shown sub-ordinary surname tenné tincture Ulster usually vair varied field vert whilst wife's arms wreath