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Crests and Crowns were anciently formed of a Ca sTof num'5er leaves fleurons set upright Estate, and uPon the band, sometimes with lesser Wreaths leaves or jewels between them the bands Fig. 78. Arms of St. Edmund from the tomb of Edmund duke of York, ob. 1402, at King's Langley. Fig. 78. Arms of St. Edmund from the tomb of Edmund duke of York, ob. 1402, at King's Langley. PLATE XV. 8tall-plate reduced of hugh stafford lord bourchier, o. 1421. too were often jewelled. But in practice Crests and...
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Fig. 70. Seal of William lord Hastings, c. 1461. short black mantling, to match the boar's head that forms his crest fig. 72 . A large group of plates set up in 1421 exhibits a considerable variety. Thus the plate of Sir Sanchet Dabrichecourt has a red mantling powdered with gold lozenges, a treatment suggested by two bands of red similarly decorated which encircle the bush of feathers forming his crest fig. 73 . The Fig. 70. Seal of William lord Hastings, c. 1461. ancient heraldic art, the...
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Introduction cross with the three crowned nails forming the arms of the town of Colchester. Several other forms of cross have also been used. The most popular of these is that with splayed or spreading ends, often split into three divisions, called the cross paty, which appears in the arms of St. Edward see figs. 2 and 43 . It is practically the same as the cross called patonce, flory, or fleury, these being names applied to mere variations of drawing. The cross with les chefs flurettes of the...
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Tudor and and these may be taken as typical of the I ' arms then being granted by the arms. 1 he same passion tor crowding the shield is seen even in many of the less elaborate arms that were occasionally Things did not improve under Mary and Elizabeth. Simple arms continued to be issued from the College, but mixed with such extravagant bursts as that of Laurence Dalton, Norroy, who granted in January, 1560-1 to the famous physician doctor John Caius these arms Golde semyd wth flowre gentle in...
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Banners of There are also payments to a ' Karver Arms for karvyng and coutting of 2 grewhondes, oon lybert, servyng to stande uppon the typpis of the vycys abowght the Kynges new haull,' and to a 'paynter, for gyldyng and payntyng of 2 grewhondes, oon lybert, syttyng upon basys baryng vanys, uppon the typys at the haull endes' likewise 'for gyldyng and payntyng of 24 vanys with the Kynges armes and the Quenes badges.' The free use of external colouring should be noted. The use of the King's...
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supporters are freely used in every conceiv- Introduction able way, and on every reasonable place Fig. 6. Heraldic candle-holder, etc. from the latten grate about the tomb of King Henry VII at Westminster. Fig. 6. Heraldic candle-holder, etc. from the latten grate about the tomb of King Henry VII at Westminster. on gatehouses figs. 3, 95, 96 and towers, on porches and doorways, in windows and Introduction on walls, on plinths, buttresses, and pinnacles, on cornice, frieze, and parapet, on Fig....
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Banner of the arms of King George the Fifth Frontispiece Title i. Arms of Milton Abbey from a window in Ibberton church, Dorset, c. 1475. From Archaeologia 48 vol. xlvii. 11.1 Shields in stained glass of the 14th century in the 54 in. J Victoria and Albert Museum. From coloured 56 drawings by Mr. T. W. Rutter iv. Part reduced of an early Roll of Arms belonging 64 to the Society of Antiquaries of London v. Examples of shaped shields 70 vi. Various shapes of shields 73 vii. Examples of quatering...