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 196
nant tincture of a Field is a fur, theWreath is formed by combining either the metal or colour ofwhich such fur consists with the tincture of the principalCharge, or vice versd. Thus, if a Coat of Arms were Ermine;a Fess gules, the Wreath would be argent, and gules; ifthe Coat were Ermine; a Fess… … Fig. 348. Wreath with embroidery, and sometimes with precious stones.The Bascinet of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmorland(dg. 348), who died during the reign of King Henry theSixth, is thus adorned in his ^^gj in Staindrop Church,Durham. Around the Bascinets of Sir Edmund deThorpe, in Ashwelthorpe…
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