Heraldry of the church: a handbook for decorators (1911)
Dorling, E. E. (Edward Earle) · London : A. R. Mowbray & co., ltd. · leaf 50
ason for believing thatthey are nothing more than a decorativeelaboration of the ball or knop from whichthe leaves of the flowers spring. Theearliest examples of the arms of Cantilupeshow three golden fleurs-de-lis on red,and the seal of a flfteenth-century Bishopof Hereford gives them in the… … HEREFORD 40 Heraldry of the Church Lichfield Party gules and silver a cross quadrateand potent between four crosses formy allcountercoloured. No satisfactory explanation is known ofthese ancient and remarkable arms, whichin the Middle Ages were devised forS. Chad, Bishop of Mercia, and patronof the…
Church decoration and ornament · Heraldry, Sacred
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