The Curiosities of Heraldry

Mark Antony Lower

Format
Hardback
Publisher
Kessinger Publishing
Country
United States
Published
10 September 2010
Pages
338
ISBN
9781169323995

The Curiosities of Heraldry

Mark Antony Lower

  1. 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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