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 128
o receive the lance when a Knight wason horseback, and others that it was a musical instrument.They probably constituted, at one time, two distinct devices,but they are now considered as identical. It is commonly COMMON CHARGES. 121 Tepresented as at fig. 255, but the six illustrations givenbelow,… … qfqqqpcj Clarions, or Rests.—Figs. 256-261. Scaling-ladder : A veiy ancient, though somewhat un-common. Charge. It is generally represented hendwise^resting against a wall, and furnished at the top with twograppling-cla w s. SciMETAR : This weapon differs little from the Falchion.The blade is,…
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