The Grammar of Heraldry
THE
GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY:
CONTAINING
A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL CHARGES
USED IN ARMORY, THE SIGNIFICATION OF HERALDIC TERMS, AND THE
RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAZONING AND MARSHALLING;
TOGETHER WITH THE
ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF ALL THE LANDED GENTRY IN ENGLAND
PRIOR TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.
BY JOHN E. CUSSANS.
ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.
LONDON:
LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.
1866.
CONTENTS.
| PAGE | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| The Grammar of Heraldry | 6 | |
| Dividing Lines | 7 | |
| Tinctures | 9 | |
| Metals | 10 | |
| Colours | ib. | |
| Furs | 12 | |
| Charges | ||
| Honourable Ordinaries | 14 | |
| Subordinaries | 19 | |
| Roundles and Guttæ | 23 | |
| Varied Tinctures of Fields and Charges | 24 | |
| Common Charges | 26 | |
| Descriptive Terms | 44 | |
| Blazoning | 47 | |
| Masks of Cadency, or Differences | 51 | |
| Marshalling | 53 | |
| Accessories to the Shield | ||
| Coronets | 56 | |
| Helmet | 58 | |
| Crest, Wreath, and Chapeau | 59 | |
| Badges | 60 | |
| Mottoes | 61 | |
| Supporters | ib. | |
| Mantling | 62 | |
| Augmentations of Honour | ib. | |
| Abatements | 63 | |
| Armes Parlantes | 64 | |
| Achievements of Arms | 65 | |
| Hatchments | 67 | |
| Flags | 68 | |
| The Degrees of the Nobility and Gentry | 72 | |
| Illustrations of Arms | 77 | |