A Complete Guide to HeraldryArthur Charles Fox-Davies
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Arthur Charles Fox-Davies
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Book language: English
844 pages
A Complete Guide to Heraldry is a detailed handbook on coats of arms by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. It explains the language of blazon, the parts of an achievement, and the many charges and symbols of British heraldry. Listeners curious about family crests and chivalric imagery will find it a rich reference.
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Text source: gutenberg.org · The work is in the public domain.
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A few typographical errors have been corrected. They are listed at the end of the text, after the notes.
A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY
PLATE I.
Plate I.
THE ROYAL ARMS.
A COMPLETE
GUIDE
TO
HERALDRY
BY
ARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIES
OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW
AUTHOR OF "THE ART OF HERALDRY"
EDITOR OF "ARMORIAL FAMILIES," ETC. ETC.
ILLUSTRATED BY NINE PLATES IN COLOUR AND NEARLY
800 OTHER DESIGNS, MAINLY FROM DRAWINGS BY
GRAHAM JOHNSTON HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT Printers mark. LONDON T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. AND EDINBURGH 1909 CONTENTS СНАР. PAGE INTRODUCTION 1X I. THE ORIGIN OF ARMORY Ј II. THE STATUS AND THE MEANING OF A COAT OF 19 ARMS IN GREAT BRITAIN III. THE HERALDS AND OfficeRS OF ARMS 27 IV. HERALDIC BRASSES 49 V. THE COMPONENT PARTS OF AN ACHIEVEMENT 57 VI. THE SHIELD 60 VII. THE FIELD OF A SHIELD AND THE HERALDIC 67 TINCTURES VIII. THE RULES OF BLAZON дд IX. THE SO-CALLED ORDINARIES AND SUB106 ORDINARIES Х. THE HUMAN FIGURE IN HERALDRY 158 XI. THE HERALDIC LION 172 XII. 191 BEASTS ХПІЈ. MONSTERS 218 XIV. 233 BIRDS XV. 253 FISH XVI. REPTILES 257
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