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The symbolisms of heraldry : or, A treatise on the meanings and derivations of armorial bearings (1898)

Wade, William Cecil · London : G. Redway · leaf 91

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armory, The horns^^5S3^r^^^%K^^^ of the righteous shall be^SS^S^l^d^ exalted, may well haveTwobiickis courant. bceii the mediaeval intent in bearing such symbols. Count DAlviella, in his Migration of Symbols, points out that hornswere used as symbols of the Divine power inAssyria, Mesopotamia, and… … Symbolisms of the Common Charges 91 antiquity by family and tribal traditions. Althoughtheir original symbolisms had been completelyforgotten, they were still proudly borne in arms,and new meanings, derived from scriptural or othersources, were attributed to them. The Escallop Shell attached to the…

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