Heraldic Design Its Origins, Ancient Forms and Modern Usage

Name: Heraldic Design Its Origins, Ancient Forms and Modern Usage
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ISBN: 9780486429755

ISBN-10: 048642975X

ISBN-13: 9780486429755

Edition: 2004 (Unabridged)

Authors: Hubert Allcock

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Description:

Rich sourcebook of approximately 500 black-and-white designs traces history and meaning of the shield, symbols, crests, helmets, and blazonry, with special emphasis on such devices as beasts, monsters, human, and part-human figures. American, British, French, and Russian costs of arms are displayed, as are insignias of the clergy, state seals, and modern institutions.

Book details

List price: $11.95
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Dover Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 2/3/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 96
Size: 8.35" wide x 10.94" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.594
Language: English



Introduction


A Complete Armorial Achievement


Components of a Complete Achievement


The Shield


Tinctures


Charges


Devices


Beasts and Monsters


Birds and a Bee


Vegetables and Fish


A Variety of Objects


Human and Part Human


The Crest


Impalement of Arms


Quartering


Cadency: The Inheritance Line


Blazonry


Your Own Personal or Commercial Coat


Calligraphy


A Sampling of Symbols


Commercial Arms


Arms of the World


American Arms


British Arms


Scotch Arms


Irish Arms


French Arms


Spanish Arms


Italian Arms


Teutonic Arms


Scandinavian Arms


Russian Arms


Arms of the Pope and Clergy


Arms of the American Republics


Some Early American Arms


Some U. S. Governmental Seals


Seals of the States


Academic Arms


Bibliography


Glossary-Index