A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign : with English and French glossaries (1896)
Woodward, John, 1837-1898 · Edinburgh ; London : W. & A.K. Johnston · leaf 65
in the time of the Third Crusade(1189-1192) when the hosts of England, France, andGermany were combined, than at any other ; and a periodwhich coincides remarkably with the general adoptionof armorial bearings. The substitution which took place at this period of the cylindrical helmet (which… … Fig. 10. considerable effect in the same direction. {See Plate II.)On its adoption it became no longer possible for soldiersto recognise their leader by his face. The date of the commencement of this substi-tution is about n8o, at whichtime (as we see by the seal ofPhilippe dAlsace, Comtede…
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