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 288
to the dignity of Pair de France. From the use of the large mantling was developed thecrowned canopy known as the pavilion, of which we seetraces on the Great Seals of the Kings of FRANCE sinceLouis XL {See Vrle ; and Lecov de la Marche,Les Seeau.v,pp. 135-148, Paris 1890.) This pavilion ofthe King… … Fig. 97.—The Crown of Charlem.^gne. CHAPTER XX. EXTERNAL ORNAMENTS. II.—CROWNS AND CORONETS. The earliest form of the crowns and coronets in use in>vestern Europe is a circlet of gold, plain or jewelled, orornamented with enamels. Of these the first which isof heraldic interest is the celebrated…
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