Heraldry Illustrated: Being a Short Account of the Origin and History of Heraldry and an Explanation of Its Nature, with Practical Directions for Drawing and Painting Coats of Arms, to which is Added a Glossary of the Terms Used in the Science of Heraldry ...

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Bureau of Heraldry, 1897 - 127 pagina's
 

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Pagina 6 - And a stone was brought, and laid upon the mouth of the den; and the king sealed it with his own signet, and with the signet of his lords; that the purpose might not be changed concerning Daniel.
Pagina 22 - SECOND, a CRESCENT; the THIRD, a MULLET; the FOURTH, a MARTLET; the FIFTH, an ANNULET; the SIXTH, a FLEUR-DE-LIS; the SEVENTH, a ROSE; the EIGHTH, a CROSS-MOLINE; the NINTH, a DOUBLE QUATREFOIL. The mode of using these marks of cadency, as practised by the Heralds' College, London, and Ulster's Office, Dublin, is to carry them down to the third generation.
Pagina 15 - Arms of Pretension are those of kingdoms, provinces, or territories to which a prince or lord has some claim, and which he adds to his own, though the kingdoms...
Pagina 48 - Secondly, that no husband can impale his wife's arms with his own on a surcoat of arms, ensign, or banner, but may use them impaled on domestic utensils.
Pagina 102 - Mound, a corruption of the French word monde, or Latin, mundus, the world ; a name given in heraldry to a ball or globe, encircled with a horizontal band, enriched with diamonds -and precious stones, from the upper edge of which springs a semicircular band, enriched in like manner, and having on the top a cross. The mound forms part of the regalia of an emperor or king.
Pagina 98 - ... head" is used in blazoning. Level, an instrument used by masons. Lever, a name sometimes given to a cormorant. Leveret, a young hare. Lined, the inside lining of a mantle, garment, cap, etc., borne of a different tincture. It is also applied to chains as well as lines affixed to the collars of animals.
Pagina 98 - BOWEN'S KNOT, Pl. 17, fig. 8; STAFFORD'S KNOT, Pl. 17, fig. 9; HENEAGE'S KNOT, Pl. 17, fig. 10. LABEL, LAMBEAUX or FILE— a figure of three or more points, which is used as a difference or distinction of the first son. Pl. 17, fig. 11. LAM LIO LAMBREQUIN — a mantel or hood which is placed on the head between the helmet and crest, see also Mantling. LAMP— burning. Pl. 17, fig. 20. LANCE — a spear to thrust or tilt with. LANGUED — used when the tongues of animals are to be described as of...
Pagina 113 - ... or leaves. When an heraldic rose is red it must be blazoned gu. not ppr. ; a rose is termed barbed and seeded ppr. when the barbs are green and the seeds yellow.
Pagina 127 - Wound, roundles when purple. Same as Golpes. Wreath, a garland, chaplet, or attire for the head. The wreath upon which " the crest " is usually borne is composed of two bands of silk interwoven or twisted together. See p. xiv. Wreathed, having a wreath on the head or elsewhere, or anything twisted in the form of a wreath. Wyvern, an imaginary heraldic animal, the wings and upper part resemble a dragon, the lower part resembling...
Pagina 14 - DOMINION— these are arms which belong to sovereigns, etc., in right of their sovereignty and might better perhaps be styled Ensigns; they are of much higher antiquity than arms as now understood, for anciently the Persian, Grecian, Roman and other empires had fixed signs of sovereignty, as others have since. If the person ascending the throne in legal succession were already a sovereign he marshalled his arms with those of the dominion to which he succeeded, usually giving precedence to the more...

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