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 69
set on Steps (usually three) is Degraded, or OnDegrees. By a Cross Fimbriated is implied a Crosshaving aroimd it a narrow Border, which forms an integralpart of the Charge itself; and, in emblazoning, the Fimbria-tion, and not the Cross, must be shaded. The Cross of St.George, and the Saltire of… … the accompanying example, which would beblazoned, Yert; on a Cross argent, anotherhur)iette of the field. Particular attention must be paid to theshading of a Cross when imposed upon an-other. At a casual glance, figs. 96 and 99seem identical; on examining them, however,it will be seen that the…
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