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 197
specified : it is, therefore, superfluous to blazon a Crest asiLfon a Wreath of the colours, as is sometimes done. The Mantling, Lambrequin, or Cointise is the orna-mental accessory which generally appears behind and aroundthe Escutcheon. It was probably devised to protect theHelmet from the rain… … Fig. 350. In the accompanying illusti^ation, taken from the Helmetof Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, the Cointise is flotant, as itwould appear when the bearer was on horseback and CREST, WREATH, MANTLING, ETC. 191 galloping swiftly. In heraldic compositions the Mantling isalways represented as hanging…
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