Peeps at Heraldry

by Phoebe Allen

[4:] The individual direction of a charge should be blazoned, as well as its position in the field.

CHAPTER V

COMMON OR MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES

After the "proper charges" which we have just been considering, we come to those termed "common or miscellaneous."

(How truly miscellaneous these are we have already shown in our first chapter.) Guillim arranges these charges in the following order:

Celestial Bodies.—Angels, sun, moon, stars, etc.

Metals and Minerals.—Under this latter title rank precious stones and useful stones—such as jewels and millstones, grindstones, etc., also rocks.

Plants and other Vegetatives.

Living Creatures.—These latter he divides into two classes—viz., "Those which are unreasonable, as all manner of beasts" and "Man, which is reasonable."