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 70
fied. When a Bordure is charged upon a shield,it surmounts any other Ordinary, except aChief. For further modifications, to whichthe Bordure and its diminutives are subject, see Impalingand Quartering. A Bordure composed of Metal and Colour alternately, istermed Compony, or Gobony (fig. 98). If…
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