Heraldry of the church: a handbook for decorators (1911)
Dorling, E. E. (Edward Earle) · London : A. R. Mowbray & co., ltd. · leaf 194
o the legendwhich tells how he saved three sistersfrom poverty and shame by throwingsecretly three purses of gold into theirhouse. These gifts are represented heral-dically by golden roundels in the shieldopposite, where the blue field may beallowed to typify the sea, for S. Nicholasis the patron… … 84 Heraldry of the Church S. Philip. May i Gules a staff set upright haVing a cross atits head between two fishes lying fessewise mthtwo roundels in the chief and three in the footall gold. The red field is symbolical of martyr-dom ; the golden fishes and the fiveroundels are for a reminder of the…
Church decoration and ornament · Heraldry, Sacred
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