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 200
at each side, thought it an ornament to fill up thespaces with vine-branches, garbs, trees, lions, wiverns, orsome other animal, according to their foncy. This is, Ithink, the most probable hypothesis; for in some earlyimpressions of seals, the Arms are flanked by Supporters,which in subsequent… … Fig. 352 collection of ancient seals, the student cannot fail to bestruck by the frequent occurrence of creatures resemblingWyverns as Supporters. Now, if these figures were of anymaterial importance to the Achievement, those who adoptedthem would certainly not have exhibited such…
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