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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 62

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point; the fourlimbs thus formed being of the same width. No Ordinary is subject to so many modi-fications of form as the Cross. Being con-sidered as the emblem of Christianity, it waseagerly adopted by the Pilgrims and Cru-saders, and subsequently retained by them to perpetuatetheir exploits. To…

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