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 46
shields is that known as the Norman,or kite-shaped (p. 25), which is very graceful, but is notsufficiently wide at the base for general heraldic display;it is, however, admirably adapted for a single charge—suchas a Lion rampant. At the commencement of the four-teenth century, shields were… … Fig. 7. Fig. 8. Fig. 9. venient; but perhaps the best adapted to the requirementsof the modern herald are those in the compartments of themonument to Edward the Black Prince, at Canterbury,which are more tapering towards the base than the last, andparticularly graceful in their contour (fig. 9).…
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