Mark Antony Lower

The Curiosities of Heraldry Mark Antony Lower

Book Excerptm> from his dictionary as a useless word. LEWES; DEC. 1844. Contents. CHAP. PAGEI. THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF HERALDRY 1II. THE AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF HERALDRY 15III. RATIONALE OF THE FIGURES EMPLOYED IN HERALDRY 49IV. THE CHIMERICAL FIGURES OF HERALDRY 89V. THE LANGUAGE OF ARMS 105VI. ALLUSIVE ARMS--ARMES PARLANTES 119VII. CRESTS, SUPPORTERS, BADGES, etc. 133VIII. HERALDRIC MOTTOES 151IX. HISTORICAL ARMS--AUGMENTATIONS 161X. DISTINCTIONS OF RANK AND HONOUR 197XI. HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS 219XII. BRIEF NOTICES OF DISTINGUISHED HERALDS AND HERALDRIC WRITERS, WITH QUOTATIONS FROM THEIR WORKS 245XIII. GENEALOGY 281Appendix. A. ON DIFFERENCES IN ARMS, NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM A MS. BY SIR EDWARD DERING, BART. 297B. THE ANTIENT PRACTICE OF BORROWING ARMORIAL ENSIGNS ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ARMS OF CORNISH FAMILIES 309C. ABATEMENTS 313D. GRAN