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 56
ther. The method of indicating the various tinctures by linesis ascribed to both De la Columbiere and Silvester Petra-sancta. The earliest example in England occurs in some ofthe seals attached to the death-warrant of King Charles L,though it was probably in vogue some years earlier. Anothermode of… … Ermines is the reverse of Ermine,being Sable powdered with Argent6 spots.9
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