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The distinction between the supports and tenans of French heraldry made at page 144 is erroneous. The true distinction is that human figures and angels, when employed to support the shield, are called tenans, while quadrupeds, fishes, or birds engaged in the same duty are styled supports.
THE
CURIOSITIES OF HERALDRY.
CHAPTER I.
Fabulous History of Heraldry.
“You had a maister that hath fetched the beginning of Gentry from Adam, and of Knighthood from Olybion.”
Ferne’s Blazon of Gentrie.