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Dresses and decorations of the Middle Ages (1843)

Shaw, Henry · London : W. Pickering · leaf 142

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introduced in the margin on either side is the bearing, quar-terly, 1st and 4th, a human head couped, 2nd and 3rd, seme of fieurs de lys ;by the heraldic usage of France, ecclesiastical dignitaries quartered the bear-ing of the see, instead of impaling it, as was usual in England. The wood-cut at…

Middle Ages · Costume · Decoration and ornament, Medieval

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