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 89
employed; and, in the latter,Cowped close. Sometimes Charges, particularly Demi-lions, are blazonedas Issuant, or Naissant Both words have nearly a similarimport, and mean Rising from; but there is a great differ-ence in their application. When the former term is em-ployed, the Charge is… … Fig. 150. Fig. 151. COMMON CHARGES. 83 would be blazoned, Ermine; naissant from a fess azure, aDemi-lwn arg. Lions charged on an Ordinary, or when threeor more appear on a Shield, are by some Heralds calledLioncels, or young Lions; but, as Kobson yery justly re-marks, this title is absurd; for, if…
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