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 49
HANDBOOK OF HEBALDBY. A Dexter Chief.B Chief.C Sinister Chief.D Honour Point.E Fess Point.F Nombril Point.G Dexter Base.H Base.| Sinister Base. … Fig. 14. The Chief and Base are not restricted to the precisepoints indicated by B and H. If, for example, a shield wereblazoned as bearing three Escallop-shells in chief, they wouldbe severally placed as A, B, and C. In English Heraldry,mention is seldom made of the Honour and Nombril Points.I…
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