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 283
is taken to remember the construc-tion, and that the lines from corner to corner of the flagdivide equally the broad white and the red of the saltires.Also that in the upper quarter, next the staff, the broadwhite must be uppermost, and for this reason : it isheraldically usual to begin a… … Fig. 231. of diagonal division. Therefore, as the blazon in thewarrant is a saltire per saltire quarterly argent andgules, the white must be where it is. And so anypossible question of precedence was automatically avoided. 260 HERALDRY AS ART The form of the flag as shown on the Royal Warrantof…
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