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 39
gs on the Surcoat, arose the term Coatof Arms ; which has since become more extended in its sig-nification, and is frequently used to express a Shield of Arms. Not only were Arms emblazoned on the Shield, Banner,or Pennon, and Surcoat of a Knight, but they were profuselyscattered over the… … BISE AND PBOGBESS OF HEBALDBY. 35 became entitled by marriage. On this subject I shall havemore to say hereafter, when treating on Monumental Heraldry.The custom of engraving Arms on plate, and articles ofdomestic use, seems to have obtained at a very early date, asappears from an inventory of the…
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