Heraldry Illustrated
Publisher: Kessinger Publishing
Published: February 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 200
ISBN-13: 9780766127944
Subjects: Religion & Beliefs; Reference; Religion; Heraldry
First sentence: HERALDRY (herauldrie, Fr., from herehault, Saxon) is a science which teaches how to blazon, that is, to describe in proper terms, and arrange in correct order, all that belongs to Coat Armour, or Coats of Arms, and is popularly so understood at the present day; but heraldry originally had a wider significance and also prescribed the marshalling of solemn cavalcades, installations, tournaments, nuptials, funerals, etc.