Dated book-plates (Ex libris) with a treatise on their origin and development (1895)
Hamilton, Walter, 1844-1899 · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 44
part in tournaments, and hadhis achievements and deeds of arms pro-claimed by sound of trumpet, was allowedto carry two cornets, or horns, to show thathis nobility had been proclaimed, blazoned,and verified. Whatever may have been the origin ofthese ornaments it is somewhat singular 28 DATED… … thril^ophorus Saroi VVoJcKhenJIntl, In many early plates the helmets shownare also of distinctly German configuration,globular in shape, with fluted ornamentation,and large projecting visors. On some of the old German Ex Libriswhat we call the quarterings are notmarshalled together on one shield,…
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