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 72
Fig. 106. Fig. 107. … Fig. 108. Fig. 109. Fig. no. The Billet is a small oblong figure, frequently to be 6 8 HANDB 0 OK OF HERALDR Y. met with in Armory, supposed to represent a billet, or letter(see fig. 112). When a Shield or Charge is Seme, or strewn,with Billets, without regard to position or number, it istermed…
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