Title:
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DICTIONARY OF BRITISH ARMS: MEDIEVAL ORDINARY VOLUME II
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By: |
T. Woodcock (Editor), Janet Grant (Editor), Ian Graham (Editor) |
Format: |
Hardback |

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ISBN 10: |
0854312684 |
ISBN 13: |
9780854312689 |
Publisher: |
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON |
Pub. date: |
1 January, 1996 |
Pages: |
772 |
Description: |
The second in a four volume Ordinary covering the period before the beginning of the heraldic visitations in 1530 and is designed to enable those with a working knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms. Listed in this volume are entries from Bend to Chevrons. |
Synopsis: |
This book is the second in a series of volumes designed to enable those with a working knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms. Listed in this volume are entries from Bend to Chevrons. The project is the result of a bequest to the Society of Antiquaries in 1926 for the production of a new edition of Papworth's Ordinary which has remained, since its publication in 1874, the principal tool for the identification of British coats of arms. An Ordinary, in this context, is a collection of arms arranged alphabetically according to their designs, as opposed to an armory which is arranged alphabetically by surname. The present work is the second in a four volume Ordinary covering the period before the beginning of the heraldic visitations in 1530. Its publication will mean that the wide range of people interested in medieval arms - historians, antiquaries, archaeologists, genealogist and those dealing in and collecting medieval objects - will be able to identify accurately the arms that occur in a medieval context. Even those without a knowledge of the subject will be able, by means of the index, to discover the blazon of arms recorded under particular surnames in the Middle Ages. |
Publication: |
UK |
Imprint: |
Society of Antiquaries of London |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |