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
they wouldbe severally placed as A, B, and C. In English Heraldry,mention is seldom made of the Honour and Nombril Points.I know of no blazon of arms in which these terms areemployed. Dividing Lines. The Field, or surface of a shield, is not always of oneuniform colour; it is frequently divided by… … Impaled, or Per Fess. Quarterly, or Per Bend. Per Pale. Per Cross. THE ACCIDENCE OF ABMOBY. Fig. 19. Fig. 20. Fig. 21. 4-5
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