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 58
e rest upon the points of those beneath. The Furs Vair, Countervair, Potent, and Counter-potent are always to be blazoned Argent and Azure, unlessotherwise specified. If the field were Or, and the bellsGules, it would be blazoned as Vairy, Or and Gules. Theyare usually represented as of four rows,… … CHAPTER IV. CHARGES. Ordinaries, Eoundles, and Guttce. X a Charge is implied any figure placed upon a shield,which is then said to be charged with such device.Thus in the Royal Arms of England, the shield is chargedwith three Lions. English Armory affords a few examples of families whobear no…
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