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Page iii
... arms . The result was that I came to the conclusion that several fanciful terms , for which I found no authority ... coats of arms . Also , as regarded the more ancient charges , it seemed to me that examples ought to have been given ...
... arms . The result was that I came to the conclusion that several fanciful terms , for which I found no authority ... coats of arms . Also , as regarded the more ancient charges , it seemed to me that examples ought to have been given ...
Page viii
... Heraldry have to be consulted . Occasionally also examples of modern French coats of arms are introduced by way of illustration . In describing the terms it has not been thought well to enter to any extent into the various discussions ...
... Heraldry have to be consulted . Occasionally also examples of modern French coats of arms are introduced by way of illustration . In describing the terms it has not been thought well to enter to any extent into the various discussions ...
Page ix
... Heraldry , and more especially in the blazon of Coats of Arms , the practical side of Heraldry has not been overlooked . Under such articles as Marshalling , Arms , Achievements , and the like , several of the rules of Heraldry are ...
... Heraldry , and more especially in the blazon of Coats of Arms , the practical side of Heraldry has not been overlooked . Under such articles as Marshalling , Arms , Achievements , and the like , several of the rules of Heraldry are ...
Page x
... arms are blazoned as illustrations of the terms described in the book . The spelling followed is that adopted in the source from which the blazon has been taken . As it comprises nearly four thousand references to the coats of arms ...
... arms are blazoned as illustrations of the terms described in the book . The spelling followed is that adopted in the source from which the blazon has been taken . As it comprises nearly four thousand references to the coats of arms ...
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... coats of arms in general , and particularly those funeral escutcheons , which being placed upon the fronts of houses or in churches , or elsewhere , set forth the rank and circumstances of the deceased . The arms upon the latter may in ...
... coats of arms in general , and particularly those funeral escutcheons , which being placed upon the fronts of houses or in churches , or elsewhere , set forth the rank and circumstances of the deceased . The arms upon the latter may in ...
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Common terms and phrases
ancient annulets applied Argent argent and azure Azure badge Barry bars base beaked bearing bend sinister bendy bezants bird blazoned bordure borne canton castle charged chevron between three chevron gules chevron sable chief azure chief gules coats of arms collar colour Company conjoined Cornwall coronet counterchanged crescent crest crosier cross crosslet cross moline crown d'argent D'azur d'or dancetty device Devon dexter different tincture Earl embattled engrailed erect ermine escutcheon estoiles examples fesse fesse between three fesse gules fish flaunches fleur-de-lis French heralds frequently fusils goules gueules gules gules between three Harl haurient heads couped heads erased heraldry humetty insignia King Knights lion passant lion rampant London lozenges martlets Monsire mullets naiant occurs ordinary pale Paly passant guardant proper Quarterly represented roses sable saltire Scotland shewn shield signifies Sire Johan sometimes surmounted sword tail temp term tincture tree trois volant wavy wings wreath