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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 56

An illustration from Handbook of heraldry, with instructions for tracing pedigrees and deciphering ancient mss., rules for the appointment of liveries, &c., 1893, leaf 56 — 44 Handbook of Heraldry beautifully illuminated MS. in the British Museum {Harl.AIS. 12,228), executed about the year 1350. … Fie The shields of arms which decorate thefriezes of the tombs of Mary Queen of Scotsand of Queen Elizabeth, in Westminster^Vbbey, are very unsightly, and should onlybe used when many Charges, or Quarterings,have to be introduced. The form of the shield seems in a greatmeasure to have followed that…

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