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A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign : with English and French glossaries (1896)

Woodward, John, 1837-1898 · Edinburgh ; London : W. & A.K. Johnston · leaf 440

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nview of these facts, inquires:— Ne peut-on pas direalors que cette coincidence du surnom de Florus avec lenom de Loys ou lis, de celui de Florence avec celui defleur de lis, et enfin de tous ces noms et surnoms entre eux,a donne lieu a la formation du nom de notre illustreinsigne? M. Rey traces… … Fig. 69. her hand a lily : the legend is Restitutori Gallia7.) Ona medal of Galea the fleur-de-lis forms the head of thesceptre. Montfaucon gives an example from anancient diptych in which the crown of the EmpressPlacidia (daughter of Theodosius the Great), whodied in 450, is ensigned with a…

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