Diaper-- Disposition-- Blazoning-- Emblazoning in Tinctures 40
CHAPTER VI
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section III.-- The Ordinaries:-- Chief: Fesse: Bar: Pale: Cross; its Heraldic Varieties: Bend: Saltire: Chevron: and Pile 49
CHAPTER VII
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section IV.-- The Subordinaries:-- Canton or Quarter: Inescutcheon: Oile: Tressure: Bordure: Flanches: Lozenge, Mascle, Rustre: Fusil: Billet: Gyron: Frette-- The Roundles 64
CHAPTER VIII
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section V.-- Miscellaneous Charges:-- Human Beings: Animals: Birds: Fish: Reptiles and Insects: Imaginary Beings: Natural Objects: Various Artificial Figures and Devices-- Appropriate Descriptive Epithets 73
CHAPTER IX
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section VI.-- The Lion and the Eagle in Heraldry 83
CHAPTER X
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section VII.-- Glossary of Titles, Names, and Terms 100
CHAPTER XI
MARSHALLING:-- Aggroupment: Combination: Quartering: Dimidiation: Impalement: Escutcheon of Pretence: Marshalling the Arms of Widowers, Widows, and others: Official Arms; and the Accessories of Shields 158
CHAPTER XII
CADENCY:-- Marks of Cadency are temporary, or permanent: the Label: the Bordure: the Bendlet, Barrulet, and Canton: Change of Tincture: Secondary Charges: Single Small Charges: Differences of Illegitimacy: Cadency of Crests, Badges, &c.: Modern Cadency 176
CHAPTER XIII
DIFFERENCING:-- Differencing to denote Feudal Alliance or Dependency: Differencing without any Alliance-- Augmentation-- Abatement 194
CHAPTER XIV
CRESTS 209
CHAPTER XV
BADGES 220
CHAPTER XVI
SUPPORTERS 237
CHAPTER XVII
FLAGS:-- The Pennon: the Banner: the Standard: the Royal Standard: the "Union Jack": Ensigns: Military Standards and Colours: Blazoning: Hoisting and Displaying Flags 246
CHAPTER XVIII
THE ROYAL HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND:-- Shields of Arms of the Reigning Sovereigns of England, of Scotland, of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Crests: Supporters: Mottoes: Crowns: Banners: Armorial Insignia of the late Prince Consort; of the Prince and Princess of Wales; of the other Princes and Princesses 258
CHAPTER XIX
ORDERS OF KNIGHTHOOD AND INSIGNIA OF HONOUR:-- Feudal Knighthood-- Orders of Knighthood: Knights of St. John: Knights Templars: the Order of the Garter; of the Thistle; of St. Patrick; of the Bath; of St. Michael and St. George; of the Star of India-- The Order of Merit-- The Royal Victorian Order-- The Imperial Service Order-- The Victoria Cross-- The Albert Medal-- Naval and Military Medals-- Foreign Insignia bestowed on British Subjects 273
CHAPTER XX
PRECEDENCE GENEALOGIES 295
CHAPTER XXI
The COLLEGE OF ARMS-- The LYON OFFICE of Scotland-- Grants of Arms-- Tax on "Armorial Bearings," and on "Arms Found" 304
CHAPTER XXII
MISCELLANEOUS:-- Coins-- Seals-- Heraldry in Architecture, in Monuments, in Illuminations, in Encaustic Tiles-- Heraldic Personal Ornaments, and various Heraldic Decorations-- Conclusion 316
CHAPTER XXIII
PEERAGE DIGNITIES:-- The Dignity of Earl-- Of Baron-- The Parliament of 1295-- Landed Qualifications-- Creation of the Title Duke of Cornwall-- The Title of Marquis-- The Premier Baron of England-- The Peerage of Scotland-- Scottish Remainders-- Daughter Inherits in her own Right-- Determination of an Abeyance-- The Right to Create Peers of Ireland-- Rights and Privileges of a Peeress-- The Daughters of Peers-- Anomalies of the English Scale of Precedence 327
GENERAL INDEX 335
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS
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1. Arms of St. George } 2. Arms of St. Edward } ix 3. Arms of St. Edmund } 4. Arms of Sir Walter Scott, of Abbotsford 1 5. Lance Flag, Bayeux Tapestry 6 6. Lance Flag, Bayeux Tapestry 6 7. Ancient Shield, from a Greek Vase 8 8. Ancient Shield, from a Greek Vase 8 9. Ancient Shield, from a Greek Vase 8 10. Ancient Shield, from a Greek Vase 8 11. Seal of Walter Innes 11 12. Seal of William Innes 11 13. Banner of Templars 14 14. Banner of Leicester 14 15. Shield of Brittany 14 16. Shield of Waldegrave 14 17. Shield of Fitz Warine 14 18. Shield of Whitworth 14 19. The Escarbuncle 15 20. Shield of Montacute 17 20A. Shield of Montacute 70 21. The Planta Genista 17 22. Arms assigned to William I. 18, 259 23. Arms assigned to the Saxon Princes 18 24. Shield of Prince John of Eltham 26 25. Badge of Richard II., Westminster Hall 27 26. Badge of Richard II., Westminster Hall 27 27. The Points of an Heraldic Shield 33 28. Shield divided per Pale 33 29. Shield divided per Fesse 33 30. Shield divided Quarterly 33 31. Shield divided per Bend 33 32. Shield divided per Bend Sinister 33 33. Shield divided per Saltire 33 34. Shield divided per Chevron 33 35. Shield divided per Tierce 33 36. Shield Quarterly of Eight 34 37. Compound Quartering 34 38. Border and Dividing Lines 35 39. Bowed Shield 36 40. Heraldic Shield 36 41. Heraldic Shield 36 42. Heraldic Shield 36 43. Heraldic Shield 37 44. Heraldic Shield 37 45. Modern Shield 37 46. Cartouche 37 47. Lozenge 37 48. Arms of Provence 38 49. Shield Couch�� 38 50. Symbolisation of Or 40 51. Symbolisation of Argent 40 52. Symbolisation of Azure 40 53. Symbolisation of Gules 40 54. Symbolisation of Sable 40 55. Symbolisation of Vert 40 56. Symbolisation of Purpure 40 57, 57A. Ermine 41, 42 58. Ermines 41 59. Erminois 41 60. Pean 41 61. Vair 41 62.
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