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Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c. (1893)

Cussans, John Edwin, 1837-1899 · London, Chatto & Windus · leaf 103

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 103
rge. Fig.178 would be blazoned, Ermiiie ; iiaissajit from a fess azure ^a Demi-Uo7i ra7?ipant argent. Lions charged on an Ordinary,or when three or more appear on a Shield, are by someHeralds called Lioncels, or young Lions; but, as Robson veryjustly remarks, this title is absurd ; for, if there be… … 179. Arms of De Bohun, for example (fig. 179), the animalsare always described as Lions. In blazoning a Lion, it is necessaryto state the Tincture of its arnis^ whichare its teeth and claws ; and of itstongue, or hmgue. Lions are usuallyrepresented as armed 2iX\^ langued gules^unless the Field, or…

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