Handbook of ornament; a grammar of art, industrial and architectural designing in all its branches, for practical as well as theoretical use (1900)
Meyer, Franz Sales, 1849- · New York, B. Hessling · leaf 518
Older. Later. Divisions of the Shield into 9 quarters or fields.A. B. 1. Dexter chiefcanton. 2. Chief point. 3. Sinister chiefcanton. 4. Dexter flank. 5. Centre point. 6. Sinister flank. 7. Dexter cantonof base. 8. Base point.D. 9. Sinister canton of base.10. Honour point.3.6.9. Sinister tierce.… … Plate 281. Tinctures, and Divisions of the Shield. Tinctures, and Divisions of the Shield. — Shapes of the Shield. 505 The shield sometimes bears a smaller shield. The large shieldwhich bears the smaller is called the Escutcheon. The smaller shieldin the centre is termed the Inescutcheon. The…
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