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 152
vingdescribed the principal Charge (or that which occupies thecentre of the field), the subordinate Charges, also lying onthe Shield itself, follow. Should any of the before-mentionedCharges be themselves charged, the secondary Charges, solying on them, must not be mentioned until every object… … Fig. 244. Quarterly of four : 1. Party per pale arg. and gu.;on a Saltire, between four Herrings naiant, five Billets, allcounterchanged. 2. Arg.; six Trefoils slipped vert, three, two,and one; on a Canton gu., a Lion of England. 3. Gu.; aSword in Bend or, pommelled and hilted arg., within a…
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