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 237
t—so dark that, exceptin a strong light, it appears almost black—and lined withwhite taffeta. It is without sleeves, and reaches to the wear-ers feet; princes being distinguished by having a Mantle ofgreater length. It is fastened by a rich white cordon, withlarge tassels, which extend to about the… … Fig. 294. In an Illuminated Manuscript of the Fifteenth century,preserved in the Royal Library (15, E. 6), John Talbot,Earl of Shrewsbury, a Knight of the Order, appears pre-senting a book to Henry the Sixth. The Earls Mantle ispowdered with circular Badges, inscribed with the Motto,but without the…
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