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 96
Fig. 177. Fig. 178. azure, a Demi-lion argent. Lions charged on an Ordinary,or when three or more appear on a Shield, are by someHeralds called Lioncels, or young Lions \ but, as Bobson veryjustly remarks, this title is absurd ; for, if there be a numberborne on one Coat, they must be reduced in… … Fig. 179, Arms of De Bohun, for example (fig. 179), the animalsare always described as Lions. In blazoning a Lion, it is necessaryto state the Tincture of its arms, whichare its teeth and claws ; and of its tongue,or langue. Lions are usually repre-sented as armed and langued gules, unlessthe…
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