Heraldry as art: An account of its development and practice, chiefly in England

by G. W. Eve

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• Accessories, [139]
• Achievements, [16], [19]
• Aldegrever, [34]
• Alexander First, seal of, [66]
• Alloa House, shields at, [113], [114], [115], [157], [161], [217], [219]
• Altar frontal, [250]
• Amman, Jost, [35], [108]
• Amorini, [144]
• Angels, [144]
• Animals as crests, [127];
• and monsters, [66];
• on flags, [257];
• on the bardings of horses, [257]
• Anne of Bohemia, device knot of, [278]
• ” of Brittany, [116], [212]
• ” Countess of Devon, seal of, [140]
• ” Queen, [108]
• Annulet, [267], [288]
• Anselm, Dom, [40]
• Anthony de Bec, seal of, [98]
• Architectural heraldry, [204]
• Argent, [44]
• Argyll, Duke of, [155]
• Armorial accessories, [139]
• ” GARMENTS, [3]
• Armour, [123]
• Arundel, coronet of the Earl of, [154]
• Assyrian lion, [80]
• Attenuation, [67]
• Augmentations, [6]
• Azure, [44]
• Badges, [141]
• Banners, [28], [69];
• of the Garter, [255];
• painted, [262]
• Bar, [50]
• Barnacles, [268]
• Baronet, [156];
• of Nova Scotia, [156]
• Baronet’s helmet, [129]
• Baron’s cap, [154];
• coronet, [154]
• Barry, [47]
• Bars-gemelle, [50]
• Basle, arms of, [271]
• Basset, Lord, of Drayton, [20]
• Bassetaille enamel, [178]
• Bath, the Order of the, [16];
• insignia of various ranks, [163]
• Baton, [52]
• Battering-ram, [268]
• Beaumont, Sir Edmund, arms of, [238]
• Bedcover, lace, [264]
• Bedford, Duke of, [85]
• Beham, Hans Sebald, [34], [35]
• Bells, [277]
• Bend, [51]
• Bendlet, [52]
• Bend-sinister, [52]
• Bendy, [48]
• Berkeley, arms of, [64]
• Bertie, arms of, [268]
• Bezant, [281]
• Bible, [70]
• ” Winchester Cathedral, [164]
• Bill, [197]
• Birds, [89]
• Birmingham, city of, [52]
• Black Prince, the, [8], [75];
• surcoat, [102], [248]
• Blacksmiths’ Company, arms of, [277]
• Blazon, [15], [38], [54], [75]
• Blois, badges at, [205]
• Boar, [232]
• Bolt-plate, [192]
• Bordure, [59]
• Botticelli, Sandro, [261]
• Bourchier, Louis Robsart, Lord, [17]
• ” KNOT, [279]
• Bowen knot, [278]
• Brass, monumental, [184]
• Bray, Sir Reginald, badge of, [277]
• Brewys, Sir John de, brass of, [184]
• Brittany, badge of, [205]
• Bronze mortar, [188]
• Brunswick, Duchess of, [265]
• Buckles, [268]
• Bugle horn, [269]
• Bulla of gold of Henry VIII., [149]
• Buonamici, [31]
• Burges, [13], [226]
• Burgundy, Charles, Duke of, [251]
• Butler, Sir James, arms of, [238]
• Byron, arms of, [52]
• Cadency, [286]
• Cambridge University, arms of, [70]
• Canton, [58]
• Cap of Maintenance, [155]
• Carnarvon, Lord, [146]
• Cast iron, [185]
• Caxton, [4]
• Ceilings, [213]
• Cellini, [180]
• Centaur, [95]
• Ceremonial shields, [9], [29];
• structure of, [30]
• Champlevé enamel, [171]
• Chaplet, [269]
• Charges, [50];
• flat and in relief, [29];
• their arrangement, [61]
• Charles I., great seal of, [74]
• ” II., great seal of, [110]
• ” V., Emperor, arms of, [192]
• ” Count d’Eu, effigy with label, [287]
• ” the Bold, [251]
• Chequey, [48]
• Chess-rook, [270]
• Chester, city of, [83]
• Chevron, [52]
• Chief, [52]
• Chimney pieces, [212]
• Chivalry, the Order of, [4]
• Choice of treatment, [7], [19]
• Cinque Ports, [83], [84]
• Cinquefoil, [270]
• Cistern, lead, [200]
• Civic crown, [270]
• Clarence, Duke of, [109]
• Clarion, [270]
• Clement VII, Pope, [240]
• Cleobury, W. T., [238]
• Cloisonné enamel, [181]
• Clouds, [270]
• Cock, [79], [92]
• Cockatrice, [271]
• Collar, of the Order of the Garter, [158];
• of St. Patrick, [162];
• of the Thistle, [160];
• of the Bath, [162];
• of Toison d’Or, [193]
• Colours of mantling, [137]
• Compony, [49]
• Coronets, [271];
• crest coronet, [271];
• mural crown, [273];
• naval crown, [273];
• crown vallery, [273];
• crown palisado, [273];
• eastern crown, [273];
• celestial crown, [274]
• Coronets, Royal, [152]
• ” OF PEERS, [153]
• Cotise, [51]
• Counterchange, [49]
• Counter-Compony, [49]
• Counter-potent, [46]
• Counter-vair, [46]
• Couped, [54], [84]
• Crosses, [96]
• Cross, [5], [53];
• bottonée, [100];
• couped, [54];
• calvary, [97];
• crosslet, [99];
• crosslet-fitchy, [99];
• fleuretté, [97];
• flory, [97];
• furchée, [101];
• interlaced, [53];
• moline, [97];
• nowy, [54];
• parted and fretty, [53];
• patonee, [97];
• patée, [99];
• pomell, [100];
• potent, [101];
• quadrate, [54];
• quarter pierced, [54];
• recercelée, [99];
• tau, [101];
• urdée, [100];
• voided, [53]
• Crest, [37], [118];
• ceremonial use, [118];
• difficulties in treatment, [130];
• dragon’s head, [127];
• of the Black Prince, [126];
• panache, [125];
• tourney crest, [136]
• Crests of Queens Regnant, [37]
• Crescent, [192], [274], [288]
• Crown, Imperial, [148];
• of Henry V., of Henry VIII., of Charles II., [148];
• Georgian, [149]
• Crusades, [2]
• Cutwork, [261]
• Dacre knot, [279]
• Damascening, [198]
• Dancettée, [56]
• Day, Lewis F., [240]
• Demi-lions, [83]
• Derby, Countess of, [146]
• Devices at Alloa House, [220], [221]
• Diana de Poitiers, badge of, [192]
• Diapering, [110]
• Dimidiation, [83]
• Distribution, plans for, [82], [91]
• Division of the field, [47]
• Dolphin, [93]
• Donatello, [189]
• Dovetailed, [56]
• Dragon of Cadwallader, [182], [183]
• Dragon’s head crest, [127]
• Duke’s coronet, [153]
• Dürer, [31], [32], [34], [79]
• Eagles, [89];
• plan for distribution, [91]
• Eagle of the Emperor, [90];
• of the Holy Roman Empire, [146];
• of Prussia, [146];
• on lock-plate, [190]
• Earl’s coronet, [154]
• Eastern influence on heraldry, [6]
• Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, seal of, [141]
• Edmund, Prince, of Langley, [60], [90], [272]
• Edward the Black Prince, [8], [75]
• ” the Confessor, [92]
• ” I, [3]
• ” II, [59]
• ” III, [29], [62], [68], [140]
• ” IV, [29]
• Eleanor, Queen, [3]
• Electrotype, [202]
• Elizabeth, Queen, [107], [109]
• Elizabethan decoration, [36]
• Embattled, [56]
• Embroidery, [246]
• Embroidered arms, [252]
• ” BADGES, [250]
• Enamel, [170];
• Bassetaille, [178];
• Champlevé, [171];
• Cloisonné, [181];
• designs and drawings, [180];
• “Limoges enamel,” [177];
• plique-a-jour, [180]
• England, arms of, [8], [69], [75], [83]
• Engrailed, [56]
• Engraving, decorative, [196]
• Enhanced, [52]
• Erased, [84]
• Eric, King of Sweden, arms of, [253]
• Ermines, [44]
• Erminois, [44]
• Erskine, Henricus de, [113]
• Escallop shell, [274]
• Escarbuncle, [275]
• Estoile, [275]
• Esquire’s helmet, [129]
• Etched decoration, [200]
• Falcon, [91]
• Fess, [50]
• Field, the, [41]
• ” of the Cloth of Gold, gold seal of treaty, [149]
• Firebacks, [185]
• Fish, [93]
• Fishmongers’ Company, [94]
• Fitzalan, Earl of Arundel, [154]
• Fitzjames, [37]
• Flanches, [61]
• Flanders, arms of, [252]
• Flasques, [61]
• Fleurs-de-lis, [101]
• Florence, arms of, [103]
• Florentine heraldry, [35]
• ” SHIELD, [112]
• Flowers, [5]
• Foreign influence, [11]
• Foster’s Peerage, [40]
• Fountain, [275];
• lead, [201]
• France, arms of, [8], [62]
• Frederick II, arms of, [265]
• French châteaux, [205]
• Friezes, [209]
• Froissart, [27]
• Fusil, [58]
• Fylfot, [276]
• Gallery of the Vyne, [212]
• Garbs, [84]
• Garlands, [5]
• Garter, the, [156], [158];
• collar of the, [107];
• Knight of the, [20];
• order of the, [136], [158]
• Garter plates, [35]
• Gaston de Foix, [136], [287]
• Geneville, arms of, [248]
• George the Lesser, Order of the, [158]
• Geratting, [62]
• German heraldry, [78];
• Gothic influence in, [78]
• Gesso, [18], [214];
• its preparations, [215];
• use, [116];
• Cennino Cennini, [215]
• Gilbert, Alfred, [109]
• Glaive, [197]
• Gloucester, Duke of, [29]
• Goat, [85]
• Gobony, [49]
• Godmanchester, seal of, [103]
• Golden Fleece, [193], [251]
• Goldsmiths’ Company, arms of, [85]
• Golpes, [281]
• Gothic lions, [76]
• ” REVIVAL, [12]
• ” WORK, [17]
• Goutté d’Or, etc., [62]
• Great George, the, [158]
• ” SEALS, [17], [110], [140]
• Greek symbolic figures, [21]
• Green, Everard, [238], [280]
• Greyhounds, [140]
• Grielly, arms of, [287]
• Griffin or Gryphon, [87]
• Grocers’ Company, [133];
• arms of, [64]
• Gules, [44]
• Guttée, [62]
• Guzes, [281]
• Gyron, [58]
• Gyronny, [47]
• Halberd, [198]
• Hammer, [276]
• Hampton Court, [147], [214]
• Harps, [108]
• Harpy, [93]
• Hawk’s bells and jesses, [277];
• lure, [277]
• Helm, [117];
• ceremonial use, [118];
• development of form, [119];
• its structure, [120]
• Helmet, [122];
• as a sign of rank, [128]
• Hemp-brake, [277]
• Heneage knot, [278]
• Henry V, [106], [140];
• Great Seal of, [17], [18], [20]
• ” V, [17], [18], [29], [35];
• chantry, [146]
• ” VI, arms of, [236]
• ” VII, [11], [106], [158];
• badge of, [282];
• tomb, [182]
• ” II of France, arms of, [192]
• ” Prince of Wales, [35]
• ” son of Swanus, seal of, [66]
• Heraldry, origin of, [1];
• eastern influence, [6];
• foreign influence on, [11];
• Gothic influence, [10], [11];
• Italian influence, [12]
• Heraldic qualities, [20]
• ” SHORTHAND, [55]
• ” ANTELOPE, [84]
• ” TIGER, [84]
• Hinge with lions, [191]
• Holbein, [12], [243]
• Holy Roman Empire, eagle of, [146]
• Horse, [85], [230]
• Human figures, [94];
• arms, [95];
• hands, [95];
• heads, [95]
• Hurt, [281]
• Illuminations, [164];
• methods, materials, [164]
• Impaling, [61]
• In fess, etc., [63]
• In orle, [62]
• Indented, [56]
• Inescutcheon, [58]
• Insignia of orders, [156]
• Interior decoration, [210]
• Invected, [56]
• Ireland, arms of, [110];
• Great Seal for, [110]
• Irish harp, [108]
• Isabella of France, [59]
• Italian glass painting, [240]
• ” INFLUENCE, [78]
• ” SHIELDS, [30], [31], [35]
• Jacobean decoration, [36]
• Jamb, [84]
• James I, [107], [109];
• arms of, [254]
• Jane Seymour, Queen, [150]
• Javelin, [283]
• Jesses, [277]
• John, Duke of Argyll, [155]
• ” Earl of Mar, K.T., [161]
• ” King of France, [268]
• ” Lord Erskine, [114]
• ” Prince, of Eltham, [50], [176]
• Katherine, Queen of France, [192]
• Kellie, device for earldom of, [220]
• Keys, [194]
• Knights helmet, [129];
• of orders, [144];
• supporters of, [144];
• other insignia, [156]
• Knots, [278]
• Kress, [34]
• Label, [286]
• Laborde, Comte de, [105]
• Lace, [265]
• Lacey knot, [279]
• Ladies, arms of, [36]
• Lambrequins, [127]
• Lancaster rose, [106]
• Leeds University, crest of, [94]
• Leigh, Gerard, [87]
• Leland, [275]
• Leven and Melville, Lord, [217]
• “Limoges” enamel, [177]
• Lines, various, [56]
• Lions, [66];
• Assyrian [80];
• head, [84];
• leg, [84];
• Renaissance, [78]
• Lock-plates, [189]
• Louis VII, [102]
• ” XII, [155], [205];
• badge of, [212];
• medal of, [116]
• Lozenge, [58]
• ” SHIELD, [36]
• Lozengy, [48]
• Luroques, arms of, [30]
• Malatesta, [106]
• Male-griffin, [88]
• Mantling, [127], [134], [208];
• colour treatment of, [137];
• rules for various ranks, [137]
• Mar and Kellie, Earl of, [219]
• Margaret Campbell, Lady, [114]
• ” of Anjou, [236]
• Marks of cadency, [288]
• Marquis’s coronet, [153]
• Martel-de-fer, [276]
• Martelli, arms of, [189]
• Martlet, [92]
• Mary, Queen, [107]
• Maunche, [280]
• Meckenen, Israel van, [31]
• Medal with diapering, [116]
• Mediaeval treatment, [6]
• Medici, badge of, [267]
• Mermaid, [94]
• Metal work, [181]
• Modelled arms, [157]
• Mon of Matsudaira family, [276]
• Monsters, [66]
• Monumental brasses, [184]
• Moon, [274]
• Mortar, bronze, [188]
• Motto shield, [30]
• Mowbray, [141]
• Mullet, [280]
• Nebulée, [56]
• Neptune, [95]
• Niello, [198]
• Nixon, Forbes, [40]
• Norfolk, Duke of, [141]
• Norreys, badge of Sir John, [236]
• Ockwells Manor, stained glass at, [236]
• Ogress, [281]
• Or, [44]
• Oranges, [28]
• Ordinaries, [51];
• proportion of, [51]
• Origin of heraldry, [1]
• Originality, [13]
• Orle, [59]
• Ormonde, Marquis of, [87]
• Oxford University, arms of, [202]
• Painted banners, [262]
• Pale, [52]
• Pall, [280]
• Paly, [48]
• Panache crest, [125]
• Pan-pipe, [270]
• Party lines, [47]
• ” PER PALE, ETC., [47]
• Pavoise, [26]
• Peacock, [4], [92]
• Pean, [44]
• Peer’s helmet, [129]
• Pelham, [5]
• ” BADGE, [268]
• Pelican, [92]
• Pellet, [281]
• Penicaud, Nardon, enamel by, [177]
• Pennon, [255]
• Per pale, etc., [47]
• Percy, Henry de, [68]
• ” SHRINE, [111]
• Pheon, [280]
• Philip II, [102]
• Phœnix, [73]
• Pile, [54]
• Pirckheimer, [34]
• Planché, J. Robinson, [279]
• Plants, [5]
• Plate, [281]
• Plique-a-jour enamel, [180]
• Points of the field, [41]
• Poitiers, Battle of, [5]
• Poker work, [37], [217]
• Pomme, [281]
• Portcullis, [282]
• Pose of animals, [70]
• Potent, [46]
• Potenty, [56]
• Powder-horn, [196]
• Powell, John, [13], [226]
• Prick spur, [284]
• Proportion, [16], [19];
• of ordinaries, [51]
• Pugin, [13], [226]
• Purpure, [44]
• Pyrography, [37], [217]
• Raguly, [56]
• Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, seal of, [140]
• Renaissance heraldry, [9], [10]
• ” SHIELDS, [27]
• ” WORK, [17]
• Repoussé buckler, [195]
• Ribbon, [52]
• Richard, Earl of Connaught, [91]
• Robert, King of Naples, [105]
• Robsart, [17]
• Rolls of arms, [2]
• Roman sculpture, [21]
• Roman shields, [35]
• Rompu, [56]
• Roses, [106]
• Roundel, stained glass, [151];
• from Netley Abbey, [236]
• Roundels, [281]
• Royal arms, [37], [38], [146], [227], [236]
• ” BANNER, [69]
• ” CADENCY, [153], [290]
• ” CORONETS, [152]
• ” CREST, [233]
• ” CROWNS, [148], [149], [150];
• official type, [150]
• Royal helmets, [129]
• ” MANTLING, [138]
• Sable, [44]
• Sagittarius, [95]
• St. Alban’s Abbey, shields from, [35]
• St. Edmund, arms ascribed to, [272]
• St. Gatien Cathedral, shield in, [33]
• St. George’s Chapel, crowns on, [148]
• St. James, [274]
• St. Patrick, the order of, [162]
• Saltire, [53]
• Sandwich, seal of, [84]
• Savage men, [95]
• Schemes of decoration, [217]
• Schongauer, Martin, [28], [31]
• Scotland, royal arms of, [38]
• Scottish Royal Crown, [148]
• Sculpture, [147], [208]
• Seal, [84], [98], [103], [109], [139], [149]
• Seals, [67], [140], [141]
• Segrave, John de, seal of, [139]
• Semée, [62]
• Sgraffito, [209]
• Shakespeare, arms of, [284]
• Sherborn, C. W., [279]
• Shield bearing motto, [30];
• construction, [23];
• foliated, [33], [36];
• shapes, [32], [33], [34], [36]
• Shields, [21], [28];
• ceremonial use of, [28];
• “for Peace,” [28], [29];
• Norman, [22], [23], [25], [26];
• ridged, [27], [28];
• square, [25];
• triangular, [24], [25], [35]
• Ships, [83]
• Shovel, Adm. Sir Cloudesley, [5]
• Solis, Virgil, [35]
• Somerset, seal of the Duke of, [141]
• Spade, [282]
• Spear, [283]
• Sphinx, [94]
• Spurs, [284]
• Sruttle, [284]
• Stafford knot, [278]
• Stag, [85]
• Stained glass, [151], [223]
• ” DESIGNS AND DRAWINGS, [225]
• Standard, [255]
• Stars of orders, [160]
• Stephen, King, [95], [120]
• Stourton, Lord, [275]
• Sub-ordinaries, [58]
• Supporters, [139]
• Swan, [4]
• Swiss painted glass, [240]
• Sword, [284]
• Symbolism, [4]
• Syon cope, [247]
• Syrena, [94]
• Syrinx, [270]
• Thistle, the order of the, [160]
• Tilting Spear, [283]
• Tinctures, [42]
• Toison d’Or, badge of, [251]
• Torregiano, [11], [182]
• Torse, [127]
• Torteau, [281]
• Tournaments, [2], [27], [118]
• Tourney helm, [123]
• Treasure, [59]
• Trefoil, [284]
• Trick, sketches in, [55]
• Triton, [95]
• Trumpet banners, [261]
• Tudor heraldry, [10], [226]
• ” ROSE, [107]
• Ulster badge, [96]
• Unicorn, [230]
• Union badge, [260]
• ” Jack, [258]
• Vair, [45]
• Valence, William de, [63], [126]
• Vellum, [164]
• Vert, [44]
• Vervels, [277]
• Victoria, Queen, [37]
• Visconti, arms of, [195]
• Viscount’s coronet, [154]
• Voiders, [61]
• Wake and Ormond knot, [279]
• Wales, coronet of the Prince of, [153]
• Warwick, Earl of, arms of, [237]
• Water bouget, [285]
• Wavy, [56]
• Weldon, W. H., Esq., C.V.O., [178]
• Westmoreland, Earl of, seal, [140]
• Wheatsheaves, [84]
• Widows, arms of, [36]
• William de Valence, [63], [126]
• ” Lord Hastings, seal of, [141]
• ” of Sens, [11]
• Williment, J., [12]
• Winchester Cathedral, Bible, [164]
• Winnowing fan, [284]
• Wolsey, Arms of Cardinal, [147]
• Wood-carving, [211]
• Wreath, [269]
• Wyvern, [88]
• York Rose, [106]

INDEX TO ILLUSTRATIONS

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• Altar frontal, [250]
• Amorini, [145], [147], [209], [211], [218]
• Angel, [140]
• Anne of Bohemia, knot, [278]
• ” of Brittany, medal, [116]
• Annulet, [267], [288]
• Antelopes, “Heraldic”, [237]
• Archbishop’s hat, [194]
• Armour, [184]
• Arms, imaginary, [218];
• in trick, [55]
• ” of Cambridge University, [71];
• of City of London, [88];
• of Edward the Confessor, [229];
• of Erskine, [113], [115], [157];
• of Goldsmiths’ Company, [86];
• of Grocers’ Company, [64];
• of Prince John of Eltham, [60], [77];
• of Kress (German), [136];
• of Oxford University, [202];
• of Pope Paul III, [210]
• Assyrian bas-relief, [81]
• Badge, embroidered, [251]
• ” of Diane de Poitiers, [192];
• of Louis XII, [206];
• of Medici, [267];
• of Toison d’Or, [86], [87];
• Badges, [29], [136], [213]
• Balances, [86]
• Banners, [242]
• Bardings, [18]
• Barnacles, [268]
• Barry, [47]
• Basilisk, [271]
• Basle, arms of, [271]
• Battering-ram, [268]
• Beaumont, arms of Sir E., [239]
• Bend, [51], [137]
• Bendy, [48]
• Bill, engraved, [197]
• Billet, [278]
• Boar, [232]
• Book, [71], [202]
• Bookplate, by Dürer, [95], [136];
• German, [94]
• Bordure, [57], [59], [60]
• Bouchier knot, [279]
• Bowen knot, [278]
• Bows, [192]
• Breys, [268]
• Bronze mortar, [188]
• ” SHIELD, [189]
• Buckle, [269]
• Buckles, [86], [174]
• Bugle horn, [95], [269]
• Bulls, [219]
• ” HEAD, [140]
• Burgundy, arms of, [251], [252]
• Burnt wood panel, [218]
• Butler, arms of Sir James, [239]
• Cadency marks, [288]
• Cambridge University, arms of, [71]
• Canting coat of arms, [94]
• Canton, [59]
• Cap, embroidered, [249]
• Car, pageant, [86]
• Cardinal’s hat, [147]
• Castle, [137]
• Castles, [171]
• Ceiling bosses, Hampton Court, [214]
• Champlevé Enamel, [171], [174], [176]
• Chaplet, [269]
• Charles, Count d’Eu, effigy, [287]
• Charles II, great seal, [110]
• ” IV, seal as Emperor, [92]
• Chequey, [48]
• Chess-rook, [270]
• Chevron, [53]
• Chief, [51]
• Cinquefoil, [270]
• Cistern, [200]
• City of London, arms of, [88]
• Civic crown, [269]
• Clarion, [270]
• Clement VII, arms of Pope, [241]
• Cock, [79]
• Cockatrice, [271]
• Collar of the Garter, [149];
• of the Thistle, [161];
• of the Toison d’Or, [193]
• Columbine, [237]
• Columns, [193]
• Copper panel, silvered, [202]
• Cornish chough, [147]
• Coronet, [195];
• crest, [271];
• of an earl, [219];
• of the Prince of Wales, [153]
• Coronets, [202]
• Counter-vair, [46]
• Crescent, [288]
• Crescents, [192]
• Crest, [88], [94], [95], [136], [184], [220], [237], [239], [244];
• enamelled, of W. H. Weldon, Esq., [179];
• panache, [125], [135];
• various treatments, [132]
• Crests, [145], [196]
• Cross, [53], [88], [265]
• ” calvary, [97];
• couped, [54];
• crosslet, [99];
• crosslet fitchée, [99], [115], [157], [161], [219];
• engrailed, [147];
• fleuretté [97];
• flory, [97], [229];
• formée, [99];
• Maltese, [99];
• moline, [97], [98], [288];
• nowy, [54];
• patée, [99];
• patonee, [97];
• quadrate, [54];
• quarter pierced, [54];
• voided, [53];
• voided and interlaced, [53]
• Crown, [89], [136], [137], [186], [187], [192], [193], [194], [201], [211], [218], [227], [233], [242];
• official type, [151];
• of a King of Arms, [179];
• palisado, [273];
• Tudor, [149], [151];
• vallery, [273]
• Crowns, [272], [273];
• embroidered, [253], [254]
• Cupid, [218]
• Cups, [86]
• Dacre knot, [279]
• Dauphiny, seal of, [93]
• Decoration shield, Italian, [30], [31]
• Device shields, [220], [221]
• Diane de Poitiers, badge, [192]
• Diaper, [115], [157], [161], [218], [206]
• Diapered medal, [116];
• shield, [112], [113], [115]
• Dogs, [95]
• Dolphin, [200]
• Dolphins, [93]
• Donatello, shield by, [189]
• Double quatrefoil, [288];
• badge, [229]
• Dragon, [86], [89], [183], [186], [187], [229]
• Dragons, [88]
• Dürer, Albrecht, [79], [86], [87], [95], [136], [137]
• ” pageant car by, [86];
• school of, [136]
• Eagle, [86], [136], [141], [239]
• ” double-headed, [90], [190], [193], [197];
• lace, [264];
• of the Emperor, [90];
• plan for distribution on shield, [91]
• Eagles, [92], [201]
• Earl’s coronet, [219], [220], [221]
• Eastern crown, [273]
• Edward the Confessor, arms of, [229]
• Eleanor, Queen, cloak clasp, [171]
• Embroidered badge, [251]
• ” LINEN, [250]
• Embroidery, [248], [254]
• Enamel by Nardon Penicaud, [177]
• ” Champlevé, [171], [174], [176]
• ” Limoges, [177], [179];
• plate for, [174]
• Enamelled cloak clasp, [171]
• ” SHIELD, [176]
• England, arms of, [9]
• Engraved decoration, [8], [197], [199]
• Equestrian figure, [206]
• ” SEAL, [18]
• Eric XIV, King of Sweden, arms of, [253]
• Ermine, [44]
• ” BADGE, [213]
• Erskine, arms of, [113], [115], [157], [161]
• Escallop, [278]
• Escarbuncle, [275]
• Feathers, [29], [267];
• peacocks’, [136]
• Fess, [51], [137]
• Fireback, [186], [187]
• Fireplace, Château de Blois, [213]
• Flags, [259]
• Flanches, [61]
• Fleurs-de-lis, [9], [60], [77], [89], [93], [102-5], [141], [151], [191], [192], [200], [201], [214], [237], [239], [288];
• embroidered, [249], [251], [252]
• Florentine Glass decoration, [241]
• Fountain, [275]
• France, arms of, [9]
• Frederick II of Denmark, arms of, [265]
• Frieze in Sgraffito, [209]
• Fylfot, [276]
• Garbs, [139]
• Garter, [227]
• ” COLLAR, [149]
• Gartered shield, [157]
• Gateway, Château de Blois, [206]
• Gesso, [220], [221]
• ” SHIELDS, [161], [219]
• Glaive, [197]
• Godmanchester, seal of, [103]
• Gouttee, [62]
• Great seal of Charles II, [110]
• Greyhound, [187]
• Greyhounds, [140]
• Griffin, [189], [221];
• seated, [87]
• Griffins, [86]
• Grille of Henry VII’s Chapel, Westminster, [183]
• Grimm, arms of, [94]
• Grocers’ Company, arms of, [64]
• Gyronny, [47], [115]
• Halberd, engraved, [199]
• Hammer, [277]
• Harp, [108], [109], [227]
• Hawk’s bells and jesses, [278];
• lure, [278]
• Heart, enflamed, [218]
• Helm, [119];
• tilting, [121];
• tourney, [124];
• crest for tourney, [136]
• Helmet, [18], [31], [79], [86], [88], [94], [119], [121-5], [135], [136], [137], [140], [141], [145], [179], [184], [196], [218], [220], [237], [239], [244]
• Hemp-brake, [278]
• Heneage knot, [278]
• Henry VI, arms of, [237]
• ” VII badge, [183]
• ” VIII privy seal of, [89]
• Heraldic antelopes, [237]
• ” SLAB, [145]
• ” TIGER, [141]
• Hinge with lions, [191]
• Holbein, [271]
• Holy Ghost, [242]
• Horns, [95]
• Horse, [229]
• Hounds, [95]
• Human figure, [94], [95], [184], [189], [195], [196], [244]
• Human figures, [86], [145], [209], [211], [218]
• Imaginary arms, [218]
• Iron work, [190], [191], [192], [193]
• James I, arms of, embroidered, [254]
• Keys, [194];
• papal, [210]
• Knots, [278], [279]
• Label, [286], [287], [288]
• Lace, [264], [265]
• Lacey knot, [279]
• Lasso de Castilla, Arms of Don Pero, [137]
• Lead cistern, [200]
• ” FOUNTAIN, [201]
• Leopard’s face, [147]
• ” FACES, [86]
• Lettering, [220], [221]
• Letters, [256]
• “Limoges” enamel, [177], [179]
• Lines, various, [56]
• Lion, [89], [137], [186], [188], [220], [233]
• ” Assyrian, [81];
• passant, [67], [75], [147];
• passant guardant, [9], [18], [60], [68], [71], [77], [141];
• rampant, [66], [67], [68], [72], [79], [137], [139], [140];
• rampant guardant, [72];
• rampant regardant, [72], [89];
• salient, [72];
• sejant, [76]
• Lions, [9], [18], [60], [89], [151], [184], [227], [237], [239], [242], [243];
• conjoined with ships, [84];
• embroidered, [248-54];
• faces of, [137];
• heads of, [137];
• in enamel, [171], [174];
• lace, [265];
• on hinge, [191];
• plans for distribution on shields, [83], [89], [137]
• Lock-plate, [191];
• with eagle, [190]
• London, City of, arms, [88]
• Louis XII medal, [116]
• Lozenge, [279]
• Lozenges, [48]
• Lymphad, [115]
• Man, savage, [94], [95]
• Mantling, [79], [88], [94], [95], [135], [136], [137], [179], [220], [237], [244]
• Mar and Kellie, arms of the Earl and Countess of, [219]
• Martlet, [229], [288]
• Maunche, [141], [280]
• Maximilian I, Emperor, [86], [87]
• Medal with diaper, [116]
• Medals, Italian, [93]
• Medici badge, [267]
• Memorial brass, [184]
• Mitre, [243]
• Monogram, [221]
• Mortar, bronze, [188]
• Mottoes, [30], [64], [86], [88], [184], [202], [218], [220], [221], [233], [237], [239], [256], [267]
• Mullet, [288]
• Mural crown, [273];
• decoration, [64], [86]
• Naval crown, [273]
• Nebulée, [57]
• Ockwells Glass, [237], [239]
• Orle, [59]
• Ostrich feathers, [267]
• Pageant car, part of, [86]
• Pale, [51], [115], [157], [161], [219]
• Pale, diapered, [113]
• Pallets on a chevron, [69]
• Paly, [48]
• Panache crest, [125], [135]
• Panel by Donatello, [104]
• ” IN CHISELLED IRON, [193]
• ” IN COPPER, [71]
• Pan-pipe, [270]
• Papal keys, [210];
• tiara, [210]
• Parted and fretty, [53]
• Paul III, arms of Pope, [210]
• Pavoise, [26]
• Pelican, [93]
• Per bend, [47]
• ” CHEVRON, [47]
• ” FESS, [47];
• indented, [239]
• ” PALE, [47], [49]
• ” SALTIRE, [47]
• Pheon, [281]
• Phœnix, [93]
• Pile, [54]
• Pisano, medal by, [93]
• Plate prepared for enamel, [174]
• Points of the shield, [41]
• Poker work, [218]
• Porcupine, [206], [213]
• Portcullis, [282]
• Potent, [46]
• Powder-horn, [196]
• Prince of Wales’ coronet, [153]
• Printer’s mark, heraldic, [94]
• Pyrography, [218]
• Quarterly, [47]
• Quatrefoil, [282]
• Repoussé shield, [195]
• Rose, [107], [147], [288];
• irradiated, [107]
• Roses, [49]
• Roundles, [241]
• Royal arms, [9], [18], [60], [77], [89], [149], [186], [187], [211], [214], [227], [237]
• ” CREST, [233]
• St. Edmund, arms of, [272]
• Saltire, [53], [140]
• Savage man, [94], [95]
• Scales, [86]
• Sculptured arms, [147]
• Seal, Gold Bulla of Henry VIII, [149];
• of Anne, Countess of Devon, [140];
• of Anthony de Bec, Bishop of Durham, [98];
• of Charles IV, [92];
• of Dauphin, [93];
• of Edmond Beaufort, Duke of Somerset, [141];
• of Henry IV, [18];
• of John de Segrave, [139];
• Privy, of Henry VIII, [89];
• of Ralph Neville, Earl of Westmoreland, [140];
• of Sandwich, [84];
• of Sigismund, [92];
• of William Lord Hastings, [141];
• Segrave Seal, [149]
• Serpent, [89], [195];
• nowed, [256]
• Sgraffito frieze, [209]
• ” PANEL, [210]
• Shield, [88], [89], [94], [95], [136], [137], [237], [239], [244];
• bronze, by Donatello, [189];
• cusped, fifteenth and sixteenth century, [32];
• decoration, [30], [31];
• diapered, [112], [113], [115];
• embroidered, [253];
• from the tomb of Prince Edmund of Langley, [90];
• in enamel, [176];
• in gesso, [161], [219];
• Italian, [145], [210];
• of the Black Prince, [9];
• points of, [41]
• Shields at Alloa House, [113], [115], [157];
• decorated, [33], [34], [36];
• derived from the tournament form, [33];
• fourteenth century, [24];
• heater shape, [24], [25];
• in gesso, [113], [115], [157], [220], [221];
• Norman, [22];
• ridged, [27], [28];
• square, [25];
• tournament, [26], [33]
• Ship, [115]
• Ships, conjoined with lions, [84]
• Snake, [89], [195]
• Spade, [283]
• Spear, tilting, [283]
• Sruttle, [283]
• Stabius, arms of, [136]
• Stafford knot, [278]
• Stained glass, [227], [229], [230], [231], [232], [233], [235], [237], [239], [241], [242], [243], [244]
• Standard, [256]
• Supporters, [86], [88], [89], [140], [141], [145], [186], [187], [196], [211], [209], [211];
• royal, [237]
• Swan, [234]
• Sword, [88], [136]
• Syon cope, arms from, [248]
• Syrinx, [270]
• Talpas, medal by, [93]
• Thistle collar, [161]
• Tiara, papal, [210]
• Tiger, heraldic, [141]
• Tilting helm, [121];
• spear, [283]
• Tinctures, [44]
• Toison d’Or badge, [86], [87], [251];
• collar, [193]
• Torse, Florentine, [134]
• Tournament collar, [287]
• Tourney helm, [124]
• ” HELM AND CREST, [136]
• Trefoil, [256], [284]
• Tressure, [59], [219]
• Tricked arms, [55]
• Tschertts, arms of, [95]
• Tudor crown, [140]
• Unicorn, [86], [231]
• Union Jack, [259]
• Vair, [45], [151];
• ancient form of, [46]
• Various lines, [56]
• Wake and Ormond knot, [279]
• Warwick, arms of the Earl of, [236]
• Water bouget, [284]
• Weidlitz, Hans, [94]
• Weldon, W. H., crest of, [179]
• William de Valence shield, [176]
• Wings, [94];
• dragons’, [88]
• Wings conjoined in lure, [151]
• Winnowing fan, [283]
• Wirsung, arms of, [94]
• Wolsey, Cardinal, arms of, [147]
• Wood-carving, [211]
• Wyvern, [94]

Transcriber’s Note:

Minor errors and omissions in punctuation, hyphenation, and capitalization have been fixed.

Illustrations have been moved to avoid breaking paragraphs, so it may be necessary to scroll up or down to find their locations.

Some words with potential alternative spellings were left as in the text, including jowlopped, marygold, spandrils, Poictiers, applique, and gouttee.

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