CONTENTS

CHAPTER PAGE
I.[AN INTRODUCTORY TALK ABOUT HERALDRY][1]
II.[THE SHIELD—ITS FORM, POINTS, AND TINCTURES][8]
III.[DIVISIONS OF THE SHIELD][16]
IV.[THE BLAZONING OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS][24]
V.[COMMON OR MISCELLANEOUS CHARGES][31]
VI.[ANIMAL CHARGES][39]
VII.[ANIMAL CHARGES (CONTINUED)][47]
VIII.[ANIMAL CHARGES (CONTINUED)][56]
IX.[INANIMATE OBJECTS AS CHARGES][63]
X.[QUARTERING AND MARSHALLING][70]
XI.[FIVE COATS OF ARMS][74]
XII.[PENNONS, BANNERS, AND STANDARDS][80]

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

PLATE
1.[Herald showing Tabard, originally Worn over Mail Armour][frontispiece]
FACING PAGE
2.[The Duke of Leinster][9]
Arms: Arg. saltire gu.
Crest: Monkey statant ppr., environed round the loins and chained or.
Supporters: Two monkeys environed and chained or.
Motto: Crom a boo.
3.[Marquis of Hertford][17]
Arms: Quarterly, 1st and 4th, or on a pile gu., between 6 fleurs-de-lys az.,
3 lions passant guardant in pale or; 2nd and 3rd gu.,
2 wings conjoined in lure or. Seymour.
Crest: Out of a ducal coronet or a phœnix ppr.
Supporters: Two blackamoors.
Motto: Fide et amore.
4.[The Earl of Scarborough][40]
Arms: Arg. a fesse gu. between 3 parrots vert, collared of the second.
Crest: A pelican in her piety.
Supporters: Two parrots, wings inverted vert.
Motto: Murus aëneus conscientia sana.
5.[Baron Hawke][48]
Arms: Arg. a chevron erminois between three pilgrim's staves purpure.
Crest: A hawk, wings displayed and inverted ppr., belled and charged
on the breast with a fleur-de-lys or.
Supporters: Dexter, Neptune; sinister, a sea-horse.
Motto: Strike.
6.[Sir William Herschel][72]
Arms: Arg. on mount vert, representation of the 40 feet reflecting telescope
with its apparatus ppr.,
on a chief az., the astronomical symbol of Uranus irradiated or.
Crest: A demi-terrestrial sphere ppr., thereon an eagle, wings elevated or.
Motto: Cœlis exploratis.
7.[The Flags of Great Britain][80]
(1) The Union Jack, (2) The Royal Standard.
8.[A Crusader in Mail Armour][on the cover]
Also fifty-five small black and white illustrations throughout the text.

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