A treatise on ecclesiastical heraldry
Publisher: W. & A.K. Johnston
Published: 1894
Place of publication: Edinburgh
Language: eng
Number of pages: 580
Table of contents: title: SYNOPSIS.; title: PART I.; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Military Origin of Armorial Bearings  —  Their adoption for Secular Purposes  —  Seals, authentic and forged  —  Personal Effigies on Ecclesiastical Seals  —  Seals of Benedictine and Cistercian Abbots  —  Personal Arms introduced  —  The various kinds of Seals  —  Ancient gems  —  Arms of Sees and Abbeys, how composed —  The Crosier, or Pastoral Staff —  Ecclesiastical Foundations of the Kings of France —  Arms of Italian Sees  —  Arms assumed  —  Preuves de Noblesse  —  Brisures, Marks of Cadency, or of Illegitimacy, in Ecclesiastical Arms  —  The Mitre as a Heraldic Charge  —  Series of Seals of the Benedictine Abbots of Molk  — Arms on Ecclesiastical Vestments, etc. pp. 3  —  31; title: CHAPTER II.; title: External Heraldic Ornaments, Spiritual and Temporal  —  The Coronet, its use on the Continent  —  The Temporal Sword  — Helmets and Crests used by Ecclesiastics  —  Military Fiefs held by Ecclesiastics  —  The Church Militant  —  The Ecclesiastical Hat, etc pp. 32 — 38; title: CHAPTER III.; title: ECCLESIASTICS BELOW ABBATIAL RANK.; title: Arms in a Cartouche  —  The Biretta , and the Ecclesiastical Hat  —  The Chanter's Baton  —  Protonotaries  —  Canons and Chanoinesses  — Noble Chapters  —  Their Insignia  —  The use of the Amess, or Amusse, at Home and Abroad  —  Mitred Canons and Dignitaries  —  Lay Honorary Canons  —  Priors and Prioresses  — The Bourdon  —  The Pastoral Staff  —  Mitred Priors  —  Provosts and Deans —  Official Arms of Cathedral Dignitaries  —  Clerical Members, and Officers of Military Orders of Knighthood  — Chaplains of the Order of St. John  —  Canons of St. George's Chapel, Windsor, etc. pp. 39 — 57; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: ABBOTS AND ABBESSES.; title: The Crosier, or Pastoral Staff —  Its History  —  The Celtic Staff The Bachul More , and S. Fillan's Quigrich  —  The Crutch, or Tau-headed Staff —  Mediaeval Crosiers  —  The Mitre  —  Its History  —  Anglo-Saxon Mitres  —  Different kinds of Mitres  — Their Colour  —  Abbes - commendatoires  —  Custodinos  —  Abbe's Reguliers  —  The Sudarium  —  The Abbatial Hat  —  Ensigns of Temporal Jurisdiction  —  Ecclesiastical Princes and Princesses —  The Cordcltirc pp. 58  —  78; title: CHAPTER V.; title: BISHOPS.; title: Official Arms, how borne  —  Bishops Elect  —  The Ecclesiastical Pairs de France  —  French Coronations  —  Arms of the Pairies  — The Mantle  —  German, Italian, and French Usages  —  The Mitre and Pastoral Staff  —  The Temporal Sword  —  Military Fiefs  —  Helmets  —  English Uses  —  The Episcopal Hat  —  Temporal Dignities attached to Ecclesiastical Offices —  Coronets  — The Mitre as a Crest  —  Gonfanons  —  Advout ( s  —  Vidames , etc. pp. 79 —  107; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: ARCHBISHOPS, LEGATES, PRIMATES, PATRIARCHS.; title: The Pallium  —  Exceptional uses of it  —  The Archi-episcopal Cross —  Legates  —  Temporal Dignities  —  Primates and Patriarchs  — The Double-traversed Cross  —  The Archi-episcopal Hat —  The Patriarchal Tiara, etc pp. 108  —  133; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: CARDINALS.; title: The Red Hat, biretta , and calotte  —  Use of Coronets  —  Cardinals from Regular Orders  —  Arms of Patronage  —  Composed Arms pp. 134 —  149; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: The Tiara  —  The Keys  —  The Triple-Cross  —  The ferula  —  The Pavilion de VEglise  —  "Cardinal Camerlengo" sede vacante — Popes from Regular Orders  —  Supporters of Papal Arms pp. 150 —  157; title: CHAPTER IX.; title: POPES.; title: Arms of the Popes from 1444-1894 pp. 158-167; title: PART II; title: CHAPTER I.; title: Arms of English, Scottish, and Irish Sees blazoned, with Historical and Heraldic Notes  —  Arms of English Deaneries, and certain Ecclesiastical Foundations pp. 171  —  228; title: CHAPTER II.; title: Arms of Colonial Sees pp. 229  —  251; title: CHAPTER III.; title: Archbishops and Bishops, Electors and Princes of the Holy Roman Empire, and in Central Europe pp. 252  —  333; title: CHAPTER IV.; title: Abbeys, and other Princely Foundations of the Empire; title: PP. 334-351; title: CHAPTER V.; title: Arms of Abbeys and other Religious Houses in Great Britain; title: PP. 352 — 393; title: CHAPTER VI.; title: Abbeys, Monasteries, etc. in Germany, Switzerland, France, the Low Countries, and Styria pp. 394 —  411; title: CHAPTER VII.; title: ARMS AND DEVICES OF REGULAR RELIGIOUS COMMUNITIES.; title: The Order of S. Benedict —  "Black Friars" —  The Cistercian Order  —  Semi-religious Military Orders in the Peninsula  — The Bernardines, Feuillants, Trappists  —  Congregation tie St. Maur  —  Les Fillies Anglaises  —  Clugniacs  —  The Carthusian Order —  Chartreux  —  les Petits Augustins  —  les Augustins dtfchausses —  Augustine Canons —  "The Black Canons"  —  The Premonstratensians —  "The White Canons" —  The Franciscans —  Minorites, Frhres mineurs — Qordeuers —  Observantins, les Recollets —  Capuchins —  Tiercelins  —  The Dominicans, Frhres Precheurs  —  Jacobins  —  The Carmelites  —  Minimes  —  Bonshommes  —  Servites  —  Mathurins, or Trinitarians —  The Jesuits —  The Nuns of the Visitation —  The Gilbertines —  The Celestines —  Order of Camaldoli  —  Ursulines —  Th^atins —  Oratorians pp. 412 — 425; title: CHAPTER VIII.; title: ARMS OF UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES.; title: English Universities : —  Oxford  —  Cambridge  —  Arms of Regius-Professors at Cambridge  —  Durham and affiliated Colleges —  London —  Victoria U ni versity.; title: Scottish Universities St. Andrews  —  Glasgow  —  Aberdeen —  Edinburgh.; title: Irish Universities The University of Dublin —  Trinity College —  The Royal University of Ireland.; title: Universities of Melbourne and Sydney.; title: Foreign Universities : —  Heidelberg  —  Paris  —  Prague —   Mentz  —  Greifswald  —  Basel  —  Gratz  —  Salzburg  — Nurnberg  —  Breslau  —  Besan^on  —  Caen  —  Valence —  Coln  —  Wien (Vienna)  —  Erfurt  —  Bologna  —  other Italian Universities pp. 426 —  456; title: APPENDIX A.; title: ON THE USE OF SUPPORTERS BY ECCLESIASTICS.; title: English and Scottish Examples  —  Modem Instances  —  Foreign Examples  —  Papal Supporters pp. 457  —  471; title: APPENDIX B.; title: CONTINENTAL CHAPTERS ; AND PREUVES DE NOBLESSE.; title: Nobility  —  Its legal definition  —  Continental noblesse  —  The feudal system in Germany and Gaul  —  The Tourneys  —  Ebenbiirtigkeit  —  Nobility by Diploma  —  Freie , und Leibeigene  —  Servitiurn militare  —  Mittel-frcie  —  Semper liberi  —  A delige  —  Nobiles- minores  —  Patrician, or Burgess, families of the "Free Cities"  — Proofs of Nobility  —  The German Chapters and their requirements  —  Canonesses  —  Italian Chapters and Orders  —  French Chapters  —  Canons-Counts  —  Chanoinesses- Com t esses  —  Noble Chapters in the Low Countries  —  Dames- Chevai tires at Nivelle  —  Badges and Decorations  —  Noble Chapters in Austria, Bavaria, Sweden, and Denmark pp. 472 — 495; title: APPENDIX C.; title: Papal Grant of Mitre to the Abbot of Kelso. p. 495; title: APPENDIX D.; title: ADDITIONAL NOTES ON THE ARMS OF THE ENGLISH SEES.; title: Episcopal Arms assumed  —  Episcopal right of mutation  —  What constitutes "authority"  —  Gloucester  —  Salisbury  — Bangor —  Hereford  —  Durham —  Wells —  Canterbury — Roman Catholic Sees pp. 495  —  499; title: APPENDIX E.; title: Seals, etc., of American Bishops pp. 499 — 500; title: APPENDIX F.; title: List of the Sees in France at various times pp. 501- 503; title: LIST OF PLATES.; title: I. Arm's of Archbishops, Cardinals, etc. facing page 14; title: II. of Abbeys, Bishops, and Archbishops  "  16; title: III.  " of Canons, Abb4 and Prior  "  40; title: IV.  " of Protonotary oe Bern age, and Chanter Le Masle "  42; title: V. Crests, Badges, etc. 46; title: VI. Arms of Dean of St. Germain l'Auxerrois, ami Abbe de Trisay "  54; title: VII.  " of Abbesses    "  60; title: VIII. Mitres , etc., from Ancient Seals   "  66; title: IX. Arms of Bishops of Puy and Troyes  "  74; title: X.  " of Ecclesiastical "Pairs de France"  "  84; title: XI. " of Bishops of Dol, and Cahors  " 86; title: XII.  " of Prince-Bishop of Metz    "  110; title: XIII.  " of Archbishop, Knight of St. John, etc.   "  118; title: XIV.  " of Archbishops of Bordeaux, and Rouen   "  120; title: XV.  " of Prince-Archbishops, and Electors of Cologne    "  124; title: XVI.  " of Prince-Archbishop, and Elector of Mainz    "  128; title: XVII. " of Archbishop Bausa, and Cardinal De' Medici "  132; title: XVIII. " of Cardinals Richelieu and Berullk  "  140; title: XIX. " of Popes Pius IX. and Leo XIII  "    166; title: XX. " of English Sees "  174; title: XXI. " of English Sees "  176; title: XXII. " of English Sees "  182; title: XXIII.  " of English Sees "  184; title: XXIV. " of English Sees  "   186; title: XXV. "  of English Sees "  190; title: XXVI. " of Irish Sees    "  202; title: XXVII. " of Irish Sees    "  206; title: XXVIII. " of Irish and Scottish Sees 214; title: XXIX. " of Scottish Sees "  224; title: XXX.  " of Colonial Sees "  232; title: XXXI.  " of Colonial Sees "  238; title: XXXII.  "  of Colonial Sees "  242; title: XXXIII.  " of Colonial Sees "  244; title: XXXIV.  "  of Colonial Sees "  248; title: XXXV.  " of Colonial Sees  "  250; title: XXXVI. Seals, Medals, etc.   300