Handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss. : rules for the appointment of liveries, &c (1882)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto & Windus · leaf 108
ulture with awomans head and breast, borne as Armsby the City of Nuremberg : the Mart-LET^which is a Swallow without feet,as in the Arms of Deedes (fig. 202), andthe Allerion, w^hich is an Eagle, destituteof feet and wdngs. The Martlet is a verycommon Bearing, and constitutes theMark of Distinction… … 102 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY. upon his arrow, and therefore assumed in his shield, Or ; ona Bend gules, three Allerions argent^ It has been conjec-tured, however, that the House of Loeaine did not bearthis charge on theii- Escutcheon on account of the exploit oftheir ancestor narrated by Camden, but…
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