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 84
imes counter-changed; which implies that both the Field and Chargeare of the same Tinctures, but reversed. Thus, in fig. 136,which would be blazoned, Per pale, az. and arg.; a Lionpassant counterchanged, it will be seen that that portion ofthe Charge which rests upon the Azure Field is argent,… … Fig. 1361 Fig. 137. Fig. 138. When a Roundle is counterchanged, it loses its distinctivename. In the following blazon, for instance, Per pah, orand vert; three Roundles, two in chief, and one in lase, counter-changed,—those in chief are, severally, a Pomme and a Bezant;and the one in base is partly…
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