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 85
Diapering. Diapering was a device much practised by the Mediaevalarmorists, to relieve the monotony of any considerable uni-form surface, particularly in Coats of Arms painted on glass,and monumental tablets. This was usually efieoted bycovering the shield with a number of small squares,… … 131 132
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