Human Beings are of very rare occurrence, except as Supporters. Parts of the human frame constantly appear, but they are more generally borne as Crests upon helms than as charges on shields. “Moor’s heads” or “Saracen’s heads” appear in some coats, with arms, hands and legs: and a human heart is well known as a charge in the coat of the famous house of DOUGLAS, where it was placed to commemorate the duty entrusted by ROBERT BRUCE to the “good Sir JAMES DOUGLAS,” that he should bear with him the heart of his Sovereign and friend to the Holy Land, and bury it there. Sir James fell, fighting with the Moors of Spain, A.D. 1330. This Shield of Douglas is a characteristic example of the gradual development of armorial composition. About A.D. 1290, the Seal of WILLIAM, Lord DOUGLAS, displays his Shield, No. 155, bearing--_Arg., on a chief az. three mullets of the field._ Next, upon the field of the Shield of WILLIAM, Lord DOUGLAS, A.D. 1333, there appears, in addition, _a human heart gules_, as in No. 156. And, finally, the heart is ensigned with a _royal crown_, as in No. 157, this form appearing as early as 1387. [Illustration: No. 155.--Shield of Douglas.] [Illustration: No. 156.--Shield of Douglas.] [Illustration: No. 157.--Shield of Douglas.] [Illustration: No. 158.--Isle of Man.] The Shield of the ancient kingdom of the ISLE OF MAN, No. 158, still continues to be the heraldic ensign of that island: it is--_Gu., three human legs in armour ppr., conjoined in the fesse-point at the upper part of the thighs, and flexed in triangle._ This true curiosity of Heraldry leads Mr. Planché to remark, that “the _arms_ of MAN are _legs_” (“Pursuivant of Arms,” p. 112). The Shield represented in No. 158 is drawn from an original example of the age of EDWARD I. in the Heralds’ College. At later periods, the armour of the conjoined limbs is represented in conformity with the usages then prevalent, and golden spurs are added. The ancient symbol of the island of Sicily, in which the limbs are without either armour or clothing, has been represented in No. 10: this device also appears in ancient examples with a human head at the junction of the limbs. Three human arms, united in the same manner, are borne on the shield of the mediæval family of TREMAINE. [Illustration: No. 159.--Shield of St. Alban’s Abbey (partly restored).]