Heraldry and floral forms as used in decoration; (1922)
Cole, Herbert · London & Toronto, J. M. Dent & Sons ltd.; New York, E. P. Dutton & co. · leaf 58
g forwards to thedexter side. A lion statant is shown with drooping tail unless the tailis mentioned as extended. The lion statant guardant above the crown forms the Royal crest,and is represented in the arms of princes in former times with thetail drooping, but it seems fashionable now to curl the… … 48 HERALDRY Couchant or Dormant is lying down or asleep, the head resting on the forepaws, which are extended on the ground. The lions of Eng-land up to the year1400 or thereaboutswere often calledleopards—in the oldblazonry, lupards, leoparts, or lyb-bardes, but now anheraldic animal oflion-like…
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