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Peeps at Heraldry

Chapter 2: AGENTS
By Phoebe Allen
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A concise, illustrated primer that introduces the language and grammar of heraldry, explaining shield shapes, tinctures, divisions, and the rules of blazoning. It surveys common charges—both animal and inanimate—then treats quartering, marshalling, and the arrangement of multiple coats, and concludes with pennons, banners, and standards. The text combines clear explanations of symbolic meanings with numerous examples, full-page colour plates, and line drawings to teach readers how to read and compose armorial bearings and to follow the conventions that govern heraldic design.

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Title: Peeps at Heraldry

Author: Phoebe Allen

Release date: August 27, 2017 [eBook #55439]
Most recently updated: October 23, 2024

Language: English

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*** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK PEEPS AT HERALDRY ***

PEEPS AT HERALDRY

AGENTS

AMERICA  .    .    .    .   THE MACMILLAN COMPANY
64 & 66 Fifth Avenue, NEW YORK

AUSTRALASIA  .    .  OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS
205 Flinders Lane, MELBOURNE

CANADA  .    .     .    .   THE MACMILLAN COMPANY OF CANADA, LTD.
St. Martin's House, 70 Bond Street, TORONTO

INDIA  .     .     .    .    .   MACMILLAN & COMPANY, LTD.
Macmillan Building, BOMBAY
309 Bow Bazaar Street, CALCUTTA

PLATE I.

 frontispiece

HERALD, SHOWING TABARD ORIGINALLY WORN OVER MAIL ARMOUR.

PEEPS AT

HERALDRY

BY

PHŒBE ALLEN

CONTAINING 8 FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS
IN COLOUR AND NUMEROUS LINE
DRAWINGS IN THE TEXT


LONDON
ADAM AND CHARLES BLACK
1912

TO MY COUSIN

ELIZABETH MAUD ALEXANDER

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.

"... The noble science once

The study and delight of every gentleman."

"And thus the story

Of great deeds was told."

PEEPS AT HERALDRY