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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 78

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r. Woodward (Ecclesiastical Heraldry^p. 189) explains these arms as follows :—The red saltire^ the cross of S. Patrick, istaken as the heraldic symbol (in moderntimes only) of the ancient Celtic Church.The sword and key in saltire are takenfrom a shield in the Church of S. Germans,the old Episcopal… … TRURO 68 Heraldry of the Church Worcester Silver ten roundels gules. These arms are not, as is sometimessaid, those of Godfrey Giffard, Bishop ofWorcester from 1268 to 1302 ; the chargesin his paternal coat were three passantlions. This shield with the red roundelsis found in a fourteenth-century…

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