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W. Pickering, 1846 - Heraldry - 415 pages

ORIGIN OF HERALDIC BEARINGS	1

ARMORIAL DEVICES ASSUMED BY THE FEUDAL LEADERS	12

SYMBOLIC IMPORT OF THE TINTS USED IN HERALDRY	20

SIGNIFICATION OF THE HONOURABLE ORDINARIES	28

PARTITIONS OF THE SHIELD	36

ANGULAR AND CURVED LINES OR ACCIDENTS OF ARMS	41

THE LESSER OR SUBORDINARIES	49

LOZENGES ESCUTCHEONS AND FRETS	57

THE CRUSADES OR HOLY WARS	188

THE CRUSADES CONTINUED	193

THE CRUSADES CONTINUED	205

SIEGE AND STORMING OF JERUSALEM	214

ESTABLISHMENT OF THE CHRISTIANS AT JERUSALEM XXX CHRISTIAN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM	226

DECLINE AND FALL OF THE CHRISTIAN KINGDOM OF JERUSALEM	235

BEARINGS ACQUIRED UNDER FEUDAL SERVICES AND FROM THE POSSESSION OF CERTAIN DOMAINS	243

PECULIAR DEVICES ARISING FROM MILITARY DUTIES	254

STRIPES AND CHECKERS	62

COMBINATION OF THE ORDINARIES	69

OTHER WILD BEASTS OF PREY	88

ANIMALS OF THE CHASE	94

XIV DOMESTIC AND DOCILE ANIMALS	101

BIRDS AS HERALDIC INSIGNIA	108

AQUATIC ANIMALS	118

IMAGINARY OR FABULOUS CREATURES	124

THE HUMAN FRAME AND ITS MEMBERS	130

TREES FLOWERS AND FRUIT	138

XX THE HEAVENLY BODIES	149

XXI INSIGNIA DERIVED FROM RELIGIOUS SOURCES	156

VARIOUS FORMS OF CROSSES	161

KNIGHTS ERRANT	174

FRATERNITIES OF KNIGHTS ERRANT	183

ARMS DERIVED FROM ARTS MANUFACTURES AND HUSBANDRY	265

ARMORIAL DEVICES ACQUIRED AT TOURNAMENTS FETES AND REVELS	272

JOUSTS TILTS AND TOURNAMENTS	280

ARMORIAL BEARINGS EXTERNAL OF THE SHIELD	289

CRESTS WREATHS MANTLES AND SUPPORTERS	299

TITLES OF NOBILITY AND THE HERALDIC BADGES APPERTAINING THERETO	322

KNIGHTS ESQUIRES AND GENTLEMEN	333

ORIGIN AND IMPORT OF SURNAMES	345

ACCIDENTS OF ARMS AND MARKS OF CADENCY	359

MARSHALLING OF ARMS AND GENEALOGIES	371

FUNERAL CEREMONIES AND ESCUTCHEONS	377

AUGMENTATIONS OF ARMS	382

ABATEMENTS OF ARMS	390

BADGES MONOGRAMS AND SIGNS	394

MODERN PERVERSIONS OF THE HERALDIC	408

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