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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 79

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f gold w^ith points risingfrom it, worn by ancient kings as thetoken of royalty. The diadem of most ofthe monarchs of Europe, as representedin ancient statuary, stained glass, and paintings,resembles the annexed engraving ; the kings of Eng-land, from the Conquest to Henry VII., all wore adiadem of… … Difference. The term given to a certain figure addedto coats of arms to distinguish one family from another_,and to show how distant younger branches are fromthe elder or principal branch. See p. 13. Diminution. A word sometimes used instead ofdifference. Displayed. A bird whose wings are expanded…

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