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 367
( 674 and the meritorious, whatever be their origin and lineage,the possession of insignia geiitilitia is still the legal testof gentility, and one of the duties still delegated in ourcountry by the Sovereign to the Kings of Arms is thatof assigning appropriate bearings to those who haveacquired a… … Fig. 106.—Tabakd, ok Coat of Akms. ENGLISH GLOSSARY. (N.B.— The Reader is advised also to consult the Index.) Abased—Applied to an Ordinary, or other.charge, which occupies a lower position than usual in the shield.Abatements—Certain marks of disgrace invented by the old heralds, but which…
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