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Heraldry of the church: a handbook for decorators (1911)

Dorling, E. E. (Edward Earle) · London : A. R. Mowbray & co., ltd. · leaf 138

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0 Azure a cross paty gohi between four lionssilver. It is not easy to imagine what was inthe minds of the heralds of the MiddleAges who gave this beautiful shield tothe Hermit-Bishop of Lindisfarne, unlesswe may suppose that it was suggested bythe somewhat similar arms of the See ofDurham, in whose… … S. CUTHBERT 128 Heraldry of the Church S. DuNSTAN. May 19 iAzure a cohered cup gold. Dunstan, the great Archbishop of Can-terbury, artist and musician, scholar andreformer, statesman and preacher, was anexpert worker in metals. He was rever-enced as the patron saint of goldsmiths,and the golden cup…

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