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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 128

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 128 — mental effigies : an Abbot holds his Staff in his righthand ; whilst a Bishop holds it in his left, his other handbeing elevated, as though he were pronouncing a Bene-diction. Abbesses on their seals and monuments, are frequentlyrepresented as bearing a Pastoral Staff, as in the Brass toIsabel… … Common Charges 115

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