Heraldry as art : an account of its development and practice, chiefly in England (1907)
Eve, George W., d. 1914 · London : B.T. Batsford ; New York : C. Scribner's sons · leaf 109
believed to liveentirely in the air. Hence it was assigned as a mark ofcadency to the fourth son, who, being so far from succes-sion to the land, had only his own powers to sustain him(see Fig. 294). Martlets form part of the arms that are ascribed toEdward the Confessor, though in the example at… … Seal of the Emperor Sigismund, as King of Hungary.
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