ed, it would appear flat and uninteresting. On the shield of Ralph, Earl of Stafford (a.d, 1370),in St. Stephens Chapel, Westminster, both the Field andCharge—a Saltire—are most delicately diapered. Severalother shields of Arms are to be seen in the same Building,similarly ornamented. Nor was… … Fig. 156. The examples, 132 and 134, are taken from IlluminatedManuscripts of the Fourteenth Century, and may be advan-tageously introduced on vShields or principal Charges. F 2 8o Handbook of Heraldry The enamelled shield on the Monument of William deValence, Earl of Pembroke, also in Westminster…
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