The handbook of heraldry : with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., also, rules for the appointment of liveries, etc. etc. (1869)
Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London : Chatto and Windus · leaf 111
EBALDBY. mentioned (fig. 186). See, also, the Buckle attached to theHelmet of Sir John Say (fig. 277), resting on the SinisterChief of the Escutcheon. Bugle : See Hunting-horn. Caltrap, or Cheval-trap: An instrument used toretard the progress of an enemys cavalry, by laming thehorses. It was formed… … Fig. 186. Fig. 187. Fig. 188. Carbuncle, or Escarbuncle: A very ancient conven-tional Device, usually represented as at fig. 188. The ex-tremities of the Staves are sometimes connected by a band. Castle : An embattled Fortress, on which are commonlyplaced three towers (fig. 189). When the tincture…
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