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 298
n the usual manner. In all the fore-going instances, such persons as are entitled to Supportersand Coronets have them duly set forth. A skull over aHatchment signifies the extinction of the Family. The Hatchment of a Bachelor may readily be distin-guished from that of a Widower, by observing that… … MBLAZONING may be re- 5-H3u garded as the Art, of whichArmory is the Science; and,indeed, the two are so inti-mately connected, that thestudent who can lay claim tono other acquirement thana knowledge of the technicalterms employed by Heralds,and is unable from a writtenBlazon to delineate a Coat…
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