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 121
numental effigies: an Abbot holds his Staff in his righthand; whilst a Bishop holds it in his left, his other handbeing elevated, as though he were pronouncing a Bene-diction. Abbesses on their seals and monuments ai^ fiequentlyrepresented as bearing a Pastoral Stafi, as in the Bi-ass toIsabel… … COMMON CHARGES. 15
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