No. 229.
Cockatrice.
Cockatrice. A fabulous creature, represented in No. 229.
Collar. One of the insignia of Orders of Knighthood, worn about the neck. Also any ornament or distinction worn in the same manner. Knights occasionally wore collars charged with their own badge. In addition to their badges of the Red and White Rose, examples exist showing that adherents of the rival houses of York and Lancaster sometimes wore collars, the former formed of alternate Suns and Roses, No. 230; and the latter, of the letter S continually repeated, No. 231. No certain origin has been discovered for the Lancastrian “Collar of S.,” but it has been suggested that it represents the word SOVERAYGNE, the motto of Henry IV. No. 230 is from the Brass to Henry Bourchier, K.G., Earl of Essex, at Little Easton, Suffolk, A.D. 1483; and No. 231 from the Brass to Lord Camoys, K.G., at Trotton, Sussex, A.D. 1424.
| No. 230.— A Collar of York. | No. 231.— A Collar of Lancaster. |
College of Arms, or Heralds’ College. (See Herald.)
Colour. See [Chapter V.], page 41. The term “Colours” is applied to Flags, particularly to those of infantry regiments, and to such as are displayed at sea. (See [Chapter XVII.])
Combatant. Two lions, or other animals of prey, rampant and face to face.
Compartment. In Scottish Heraldry, “a kind of carved panel, of no fixed form, placed below the escutcheon, bearing the supporters, and usually inscribed with a motto or the name and designation of the owner.”—Seton. Other objects placed below the shield are met with under this description.
Componée, Compony, or Gobony. A single row of small squares alternately of two tinctures or furs: [No. 66]. (See Counter Componée.)