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 272
Cope, that most interestingwork of the thirteenth century, contains on its orphreysand borders some sixty coats of arms on round or diamondshaped shields. One of those on the orphreys is shownat Fig. 223, although it is perhaps more curious thanbeautiful. 248 HERALDRY AS ART Among the earliest… … in. ■ «ir- 1 11 1 1 Hi 1 1 — Fig. 223.—Arms of Geneville from the Syon Cope. reproduced again and again. It consists of the arms ofthe shield translated into terms of embroidery, and if itwere but in better preservation a liner model for heraldicwork it would be hardly possible to conceive. This…
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