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 31
educed to any thing like adefinite system, and was worthy thetitle of a science. To the Tournaments originatingin Geimany, and passing successivelyto France and England, must beattributed, in a great measure, theintroduction of individual Armorial bearings. These exer-cises were regarded with… … Kg. 5. RISE AND PROGRESS OF HERALDRY. 27 the combatants to assume some conspicuous device or figure—at first arbitrarily, but Avhich in many instances wasretained as an hereditary mark of distinction—by whichthey could be easily recognised, when their features wereconcealed by their helmets. Single…
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