A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign : with English and French glossaries (1896)
Woodward, John, 1837-1898 · Edinburgh ; London : W. & A.K. Johnston · leaf 86
which are a bordufe, and anescarbuncle, both being evidently constructional {cf.fig. 12). In Scotland the adoption of arms did not commenceearlier than the reign of WILLIAM the Lion (1165-1214). Even during that reign the practice was by no meansgeneral. William himself and some persons of… … ( 52 ) of Scotland ; Philip de Valoines, Great Chamberlain;and the Constable de MOREVIL do not charge the shieldsborne by their effigies on their seals with any arms. We need not however suppose, and M. Demay warnsus against so doing, that le blason fait son apparitiondans les dernieres annees du…
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