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 241
y a further edictof William the Fourth, it was decreed that the number ofKnights should be sixteen, exclusive of the Sovereign. The Insignia worn by Knights of the Thistle are theStar, Collar, and Jewel. The Star is of chased silver, and is formed by a Saltire,or Cross of St. Andrew, conjoined with… … Fig. 297. The Collar is composed of sixteen Thistles—in allusion OB DEE 8 OF KNIGHTHOOD, COLLARS, ETC. 235 to the number of Knights—each between two of its leaves,alternating with four sprigs of Eue interlaced. From theCollar depends an eight-pointed star of silver, charged witha figure of St.…
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