hree loftyrays, terminating in crosses, having a pearl above each cross,and two fleurs-de-lys between the rays. From this perioduntil the middle of the Fifteenth Century, the Crowns ofour English Kings were for the most part open, the rimbeing ornamented with fleurs-de-lys, rays, or leaves.… … Fig. 360. Gloucester Cathedral ; and of Henry the Fourth, 111Canterbury Cathedral, afford good examples of the styleof the Crowns worn during this period. The first instance of an arched Crown occurring on theGreat Seal is that of Edward the Fourth, which consists offour trefoils between as many…
Heraldry
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