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Peeps at heraldry (1912)

Allen, Phoebe · London : Adam and Charles Black · leaf 97

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England in the first and fourth quarters, the lionrampant of Scotland in the second, and the harp ofIreland in the third. The Earl of Pembroke, in 1348, was the firstsubject, so Mr. Hulme tells us, who quartered his arms. When a great number of quarterings are chargedupon the shield, the order in… … SIR WILLIAM HERSCHEL. Anns.—Arg. on mount vert, representation of the 40ft. reflecting telescopewith its apparatus ppr. on a chief az: the astronomical symbol of Uranusirradiated or. Crest.—A demi terrestrial sphere ppr. thereon an eagle, wings elevated or. Motto.—Coelis exploratis. Quartering and…

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