History of the flag of the United States of America : and of the naval and yacht-club signals, seals, and arms, and principal national songs of the United States, with a chronicle of the symbols, standards, banners, and flags of ancient and modern nations (1894)
Preble, George Henry, 1816-1885 · Boston, Mass. ; New York, N.Y. : Houghton, Mifflin and Co. · leaf 56
delicate eiilogium on Charles V., his father,or on Philip II., his brother. All these emblems were chefs-cVceuvreof drawing and sculpture, which the brilliancy of their gold, azure,and vermilion settings tended to enhance.^ The illuminated copies of Froissarts Chronicles, in the BritishMuseum,… … Ship of Henry VI. s Time, 1430-61. minations of the time of Henry VI. (1430-61) represents a ship withshields slung along her topsides, — a very ancient practice, which wascontinued by painting the arms and devices on the bulwarks, andfrom whence come the figure-heads and stern carvings of…
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