Symbolisms of Heraldry
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: March 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 168
ISBN-13: 9780766141681
Subjects: Genealogy; Reference works; History: American; History; History - General History; USA; Medieval
First sentence: HERALDRY in its present form, commenced to be displayed in the early part of the twelfth century, but many of its figures and symbols were derived from remote ages, and of these some appear to have come from Asia Minor or Egypt, and many others from the early Church.