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
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… … Fig. 189. Fig. 190. Fig. 191. COMMON CRABGES. 105 Chamfraine, or Chamfron: Armour to protect thehead of a war-horse (fig. 191). Chaplet, or Garland : These terms are frequently, buterroneously, used to signify the same object. A Chapletshould be composed of four Roses, arranged at equal distancesin…
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