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 99
and Head, are the partsof the Body usually blazoned as Charges. AnArm encased in armour is Vamdraced: thus,fig. 162 would be blazoned as, Arg.; a sinisterArm, erased at the shoulder, embowed, vam-draced, hand gauntleted, all proper. If theHand had been turned towards the sinisterside, it would have… … COMMON CHARGES. 93 Imaginary Beings. To the fertile imagination of the ancient Oriental war-riors, we are in a great measure indebted for the fabulouscreatures which appear as Heraldic Charges. These deviceswere freely adopted by the victorious Crusaders as mementoesof their expedition, and thus…
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