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Heraldry as art

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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

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