; human figures arevariously habited ; animals are said to be armed with the horns,or the appendages provided for them by nature for their defenceor for aggressive purposes. Similar appropriate terms indicatethe circumstances under which figures and objects of all kindsappear in heraldic… … No. 4. No. 5. Heraldic Sliields. CHAPTER III. THE SHIELD, AND ITS PARTS, POINTS, AND PPvIMARY DIVISIONS; ANDDIVIDING AND BORDER LINES. The Shield, the most important piece of their defensive armour,was derived by the knights of the middle ages from remoteantiquity, and at almost all times it has…
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