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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 204

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 204 — specified : it is, therefore, superfluous to blazon a Crest astipofi a IVreafh of the colours^ as is sometimes done. The Mantling, Laimbrequin, or Cointise is the orna-mental accessory which generally appears behind and aroundthe Escutcheon. It was probably devised to protect theHelmet from the… … In the accompanying illustration, taken from the Helmetof Thomas, Earl of Lancaster, the Cointise is flotant, asit would appear when the bearer was on horseback and Crest, JVreath, Mantling, etc. 191 galloping swiftly. In heraldic compositions the Mantling isalways represented as hanging in…

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