A Complete Guide to Heraldry by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies

Chapter 1

The Project Gutenberg eBook of A Complete Guide to Heraldry This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other parts of the world at no cost and with almost no restrictions whatsoever. You may copy it, give it away or re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org. If you are not located in the United States, you will have to check the laws of the country where you are located before using this eBook. Title: A Complete Guide to Heraldry Author: Arthur Charles Fox-Davies Illustrator: Graham Johnston Release date: December 13, 2012 [eBook #41617] Most recently updated: October 23, 2024 Language: English Other information and formats: www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/41617 Credits: Produced by Chris Curnow, Keith Edkins and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net (This file was produced from images generously made available by The Internet Archive) *** START OF THE PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY *** Transcriber's note: A few typographical errors have been corrected: they are listed at the end of the text. * * * * * A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY PLATE I. [Illustration] THE ROYAL ARMS. A COMPLETE GUIDE TO HERALDRY BY ARTHUR CHARLES FOX-DAVIES OF LINCOLN'S INN, BARRISTER-AT-LAW AUTHOR OF "THE ART OF HERALDRY" EDITOR OF "ARMORIAL FAMILIES," ETC. ETC. ILLUSTRATED BY NINE PLATES IN COLOUR AND NEARLY 800 OTHER DESIGNS, MAINLY FROM DRAWINGS BY GRAHAM JOHNSTON HERALD PAINTER TO THE LYON COURT [Illustration] LONDON T. C. & E. C. JACK 16 HENRIETTA STREET, W.C. AND EDINBURGH 1909 {vii} CONTENTS CHAP. PAGE