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 86
ed as Contourne. COMMON CHABGES. 79 It is usual to pronounce such words as Statant, Rampant,Courant, &c, as they are written; and not to give themtheir French pronunciation. Passant: As if walking, with the Dexter paw raisedfrom the ground; and, like Statant, looking towards theDexter (fig.… … Fig. 139. Fig. 140. Fig. 141. Old Armorists—and even Porny, who wrote in 1766*—assert, that a Lion should never be blazoned as passant-guardant: when in that position, they say, it should bedescribed as a Leopard. Whether the Shield of Englandoriginally contained three Lions or Leopards has been…
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