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Heraldic design, its origins, ancient forms and modern usage.

Title
Heraldic design, its origins, ancient forms and modern usage.
Author
Allcock, Hubert
Publication
New York, NY : Tudor Pub. Co., [1962]

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Description
96 pages : illustrations; 28 cm
Summary
Fully illustrated with 500 plus crests, devices, shields and coats: a handbook for artists and designers.
Subject
  • Heraldry
  • Genealogy and Heraldry
  • heraldry
  • Heraldry
  • art > symbols, signs
  • symbols
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (page 89).
Contents
A complete armorial achievement -- The shield -- Tinctures -- Charges -- Divices -- The Crest -- Impalement of arms -- Quartering -- adecy: The inheritance line -- Blazonry -- Your own personal or commercial coat -- Calligraphy -- A sampling of symbols -- Commercial arms -- Arms of the world.
LCCN
62019117
OCLC
  • ocm00832838
  • 832838
  • SCSB-113349
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library