Davenport, Cyril, 1848-1941 · New York, E. P. Dutton and company · leaf 25
aps, be a survival ofthe vesica-shaped shield used on mediaeval seals for thecoats-of-arms of ladies. The well-known shape known as the flat-iron, orheater-shaped shield was used as early as the twelfthcentury, and with modifications to suit particular cases,it remains the most usual and convenient… … SHIELDS AND THEIR 131V1SI0NS 15 a squarer shape than tlie true flat-iron, which is narrowlypointed, and more suitable for a single and simple coat,such as most early ones were (Plate II, 14). There are innumerable fancy shapes that have fromtime to time been used for shields, but they have…
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