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 42
effect was extremely richand beautiful. Of such pageantshields excellent specimens werein the great Bardini collection,now dispersed. Fig. 18, a kite-shaped shieldof the fourteenth century, bearsbendwise the word Libertas,the motto of the republic ofthe town of Luroques, in beauti-ful letters,… … Fig. 18.—Italian DecorationShield. Fourteenth Century. EVOLUTION OF SHIELD FORMS 3i high by 21 inches broad. The square pavoise (Fig. 19)of wood covered with vellum is painted with thearms of the Buonamici, and over them as crest is theportrait of the head ofthat family, BienheureuxBuonamici. At…
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