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The manual of heraldry : being a concise description of the several terms used, and containing a dictionary of every designation in the science. Illustrated by four hundred engravings on wood (1800)

Adams, John, 1735-1826, former owner. BRL, Boston Public Library (John Adams Library) BRL · London : Arthur Hall, Virtue & Co. ... · leaf 19

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Ermine — white powdered with black tufts. Ermines — field sable, powdering ar-gent. Erminois — field or, powdering sable. 10 MANUAL OF HERALDRY. Pean—field sable; powdering, or. Ebmynites—Argentj powdered sable,witb the addition of a single red hairon each side the sable tufts. Thisfur is seldom… … an example without using colour. Vair—argent and azure. It is repre-sented by small bells, part reversed^ranged in lines in such a manner,that the base argent is opposite tothe base azure. CouNTER-vAiR, is when the bellsare placed base against base, andpoint against point. Potent—an obsolete word…

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