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Old English embroidery : its technique and symbolism (1894)

St. Aubyn, Alan, Marshall, Hugh · London : H. Cox · leaf 58

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century. It is very curious to remark that in the royal arms of theDuke of Lancaster blazoned on a banner the lions are representedas leopards. Old writers, indeed, frequently allude to the leopards. Some heralds suggest that the lions passantregardant, as represented in the English arms, were…

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