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 95
hey are always borne straight, except those of the Ostrich,the tips of which are drooping. A Plume of Feathersconsists of three, as in the Badge of the Prince of Wales,unless some other number is mentioned. If there be two orthree rows aboye each other, they are termed Double orTriple plumes. In… … COMMON CHABGES. 89 feather less than that immediately beneath it. When morethan three rows occur, they are termed a Pyramid of feathers,or Panache. Sir Samuel Meyrick says, that the distinctionbetween the Panache and Plume is, that the former was fixedon the top of the Helmet, while the latter was…
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