A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign : with English and French glossaries (1892)
Woodward, John, 1837-1898, Burnett, George, 1822-1890 · Edinburgh and London : W. & A. K. Johnston · leaf 193
d among the Kings of France at St.Denis. In later times a common augmentation has consistedin a small escucheon to be borne en surtout, containingthe initial, or cypher, of the Sovereign, sometimessurmounted by the Imperial or Royal, or other Crown ;sometimes the escucheon itself is so surmounted.…
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