Nichols, John Gough, 1806-1873 · London : John Bowyer Nichols and Sons · leaf 399
of his charges upon those banners he is scarcelymore correct than the draughtsman of the former occasion, fromwhom, in fact, he obviously copies. For example, the poetdescribes the arms of John de Riviers and Maurice de Croon asbeing alike: Johans de Riviers le appareilOt mascle de or e de… … y V V 60 X X X X We take it that the term mascU applied to the surface or fieldrather than to charges; and that consequently the second cutis the more correct of the two. Indeed, had Riviers bornevoided mascles, as they are above represented, his arms wouldhave exactly resembled, both in design and…
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