The Curiosities of Heraldry
Mark Antony Lower
The Curiosities of Heraldry
Mark Antony Lower
- The author strives to prove that Heraldry is not only a lordly and useful science, but a poetic subject as well. Contents: The Fabulous History of Heraldry; The Authentic History of Heraldry; Rationale of the Figures Employed in Heraldry; The Chimerical Figures of Heraldry; The Language of Arms; Allusive Arms-Armes Parlantes; Crests, Supporters, Badges, etc.; Heraldric Mottoes; Historical Arms-Augmentations; Distinctions of Rank and Honor; Historical Notices of the College of Arms; Brief Notices of Distinguished Heralds and Heraldric Writers with Quotations from their Works; and Genealogy. Due to the age and scarcity of the original we reproduced, some pages may be spotty, faded or difficult to read.
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