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 233
s of a series of armorials may be facedtowards a central point, such as the altar in a church,or the hearth or the dais of a secular apartment.Shields may be inclined in a common direction withsimilar intention and all the heraldry have definiterelation to its surroundings. It should be… … Fig. i< -Frieze in Sgraffito. A form of external decoration which has been but littleused for heraldry, though it is one which is readily adap-ted to the purpose, is that kind of cement work in layersthat is known as Sgraffito. Examples of this method ofwork are shown in the friezes, Figs. 198…
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