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 113
p. x. Cross-bow : See Arbaleste.Cubit Arm : An arm couped at the elbow.It is necessary to state in the Blazon whetherthe Arm be the dexter or sinister; and its position,such as Erect, In fess, &c.; also, whether theHand be Appaume or Clenched.Escarbuncle : See Carbuncle.Falchion : A Sword, the… … Fig. 195. Fig. 196. assumed by Edward the Fourth. The illustration here givenis taken from the bronze gate leading to Henry the Sevenths
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