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 47
er Abbey, are very unsightly,and should only be used when manyCharges, or Quarterings, have to be intro- The form of the shield seems in a great measure to havefollowed that of the arch with which it was contemporary 5for as the Lancet arch was superseded by the Equilateral ofthe Decorated Period,… … Fig. 11.
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