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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 278

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Fig. 22S.—Arms of Eric XIV, King of Sweden. Berne Museum.About 1 ;6o. quarter, Denmark, being particularly spirited, while theexecution is very excellent of its kind. An instance of domestic embroidery occurs in Fig. 229,where the arms of James I are used as a centre to a designthat is, in the… … EMBROIDERED HERALDRY 255 Work of the highest heraldic importance must alwayshave been that of the banners, as the very concentrationof battle heraldry, but of these, alas ! there are no veryearly examples. The banners of the Knights of the Garter in St. GeorgesChapel were doubtless all embroidered…

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