The Curiosities of Heraldry

m> from his dictionary as a useless word. LEWES; DEC. 1844. Contents. CHAP. PAGE I. THE FABULOUS HISTORY OF HERALDRY 1 II. THE AUTHENTIC HISTORY OF HERALDRY 15 III. RATIONALE OF THE FIGURES EMPLOYED IN HERALDRY 49 IV. THE CHIMERICAL FIGURES OF HERALDRY 89 V. THE LANGUAGE OF ARMS 105 VI. ALLUSIVE ARMS--ARMES PARLANTES 119 VII. CRESTS, SUPPORTERS, BADGES, etc. 133 VIII. HERALDRIC MOTTOES 151 IX. HISTORICAL ARMS--AUGMENTATIONS 161 X. DISTINCTIONS OF RANK AND HONOUR 197 XI. HISTORICAL NOTICES OF THE COLLEGE OF ARMS 219 XII. BRIEF NOTICES OF DISTINGUISHED HERALDS AND HERALDRIC WRITERS, WITH QUOTATIONS FROM THEIR WORKS 245 XIII. GENEALOGY 281 Appendix. A. ON DIFFERENCES IN ARMS, NOW FIRST PRINTED FROM A MS. BY SIR EDWARD DERING, BART. 297 B. THE ANTIENT PRACTICE OF BORROWING ARMORIAL ENSIGNS ILLUSTRATED FROM THE ARMS OF CORNISH FAMILIES 309 C. ABATEMENTS 313 D. GRAN