receive the lance when a Knight wason horseback, and others that it was a musical instrument.They probably constituted, at one time, two distinct devices,but they are now considered as identical. It is commonly COAIMON ChA R GES 121 represented as at fig. 255, but the six illustrations givenbelow,… … Clarions or Rests.—Figs. 256-261. Scaling-ladder : A very ancient Charge, though some-what uncommon. It is generally represented bendivise,resting against a wall, and furnished at the top with twograppling-claws. SciMETAR : This weapon differs little from the Falchion.The blade is, however, rather…
Heraldry
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