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 112
106 HANDB 0 OK OF HERALDB Y. invariable distinction observed, by which those dignitariescan be readily distinguished from each other: an Abbotholds his Staff in his right hand; whilst a Bishop holds itin his left, his other hand being elevated, as though he werepronouncing a Benediction. The…
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