Chapter I: Front Matter

PEEPS AT HERALDRY

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HERALD, SHOWING TABARD ORIGINALLY WORN OVER MAIL ARMOUR.]

BY
PH[OE]BE 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 8
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 16
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 ph[oe]nix
ppr.
Supporters: Two blackamoors.
Motto: Fide et amore.

4. THE EARL OF SCARBOROUGH 41
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 73
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: C[oe]lis 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."

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