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 49
44 HANDBOOK OF HERALDRY. beautifully illuminated MS. in the British Museum {Ilarl. MS. 12,228), executed about the year 1350. … Fig. 21. The shields of arms which decorate thefriezes of the tombs of Mary Queen of Scotsand of Queen Elizabeth, in WestminsterAbbey, are very unsightly, and should onlybe used when many Charges, or Quarterings,have to be introduced.Fig. 22. The form of the shield seems in a great measure to have…
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