The Handbook to English Heraldry

Name: The Handbook to English Heraldry
Author: Boutell, Charles

Boutell, Charles

Heraldry -- Great Britain

GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section II.-- Tinctures: Metals, Colours,
  Furs-- Varied Fields-- Law of Tinctures-- Counter-changing--
  Diaper-- Disposition-- Blazoning-- Emblazoning in Tinctures         40

CHAPTER VI

  GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section III.-- The Ordinaries:-- Chief:
  Fesse: Bar: Pale: Cross; its Heraldic Varieties: Bend: Saltire:
  Chevron: and Pile                                                   49

CHAPTER VII

  GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section IV.-- The Subordinaries:-- Canton or
  Quarter: Inescutcheon: Oile: Tressure: Bordure: Flanches: Lozenge,
  Mascle, Rustre: Fusil: Billet: Gyron: Frette-- The Roundles         64

CHAPTER VIII

  GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section V.-- Miscellaneous Charges:-- Human
  Beings: Animals: Birds: Fish: Reptiles and Insects: Imaginary
  Beings: Natural Objects: Various Artificial Figures and Devices--
  Appropriate Descriptive Epithets                                    73

CHAPTER IX

  GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section VI.-- The Lion and the Eagle in
  Heraldry                                                            83

CHAPTER X

  GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section VII.-- Glossary of Titles, Names, and
  Terms                                                              100

CHAPTER XI

  MARSHALLING:-- Aggroupment: Combination: Quartering: Dimidiation:
  Impalement: Escutcheon of Pretence: Marshalling the Arms of
  Widowers, Widows, and others: Official Arms; and the Accessories
  of Shields                                                         158

CHAPTER XII

  CADENCY:-- Marks of Cadency are temporary, or permanent: the
  Label: the Bordure: the Bendlet, Barrulet, and Canton: Change of
  Tincture: Secondary Charges: Single Small Charges: Differences of
  Illegitimacy: Cadency of Crests, Badges, &c.: Modern Cadency       176

CHAPTER XIII

  DIFFERENCING:-- Differencing to denote Feudal Alliance or
  Dependency: Differencing without any Alliance-- Augmentation--
  Abatement                                                          194

CHAPTER XIV

  CRESTS                                                             209

CHAPTER XV

  BADGES                                                             220

CHAPTER XVI

  SUPPORTERS                                                         237

CHAPTER XVII

  FLAGS:-- The Pennon: the Banner: the Standard: the Royal Standard:
  the “Union Jack”: Ensigns: Military Standards and Colours:
  Blazoning: Hoisting and Displaying Flags                           246

CHAPTER XVIII

  THE ROYAL HERALDRY OF ENGLAND AND SCOTLAND:-- Shields of Arms of
  the Reigning Sovereigns of England, of Scotland, of the United
  Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland: Crests: Supporters: Mottoes:
  Crowns: Banners: Armorial Insignia of the late Prince Consort; of
  the Prince and Princess of Wales; of the other Princes and
  Princesses                                                         258

CHAPTER XIX

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