Heraldry simplified; a popular treatise on the subject of heraldry, together with a glossary of technical terms, and nearly two hundred drawings (1899)
Curtis, Frederick · New York, Dodge Pub. Co. · leaf 35
usband places her arms on anescutcheon of pretence on the centre or fess of hisshield, but not during her fathers life. He cannot,however, bear these arms after her death, althoughthe right descends to her issue as a quartering. Awidow, however, has to bear her late husbands arms. Impalement is… … 34 I St and 4th, argent a fess az., 2d and 3d or a chev-ron gules. In order to distinguish the various degrees ofseniority in one family, marks of cadency are used.These can only be borne during the lifetime of thefather, and can be of any color or metal, providedthat the rule ot placing metal on…
Heraldry
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