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Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary I (Hardcover)
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Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary I (Hardcover)
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The first of a four-volume Ordinary covering the period before
1530, an invaluable reference for historians, antiquaries,
archaeologists, genealogists and those dealing in and collecting
medieval objects. Listed in this volume areentries from Anchor to
Bend. This book is designed to enable those with a working
knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms.
An Ordinary, in this context, is a collection of arms arranged
alphabetically according to their designs, as opposed to an armory
which is arranged alphabetically by surname. Listed in this volume
are entries from Anchor to Bend. This present work is the first of
a four-volume Ordinary covering the period before 1530, which is
the point at which heraldic visitations for the purpose of
collecting information about arms began, and which marks the
appearance of the modern heraldic system. Its publication will mean
that the wide range of people interested in medieval arms -
historians, antiquaries, archaeologists, genealogist and those
dealing in and collecting medieval objects - will be able to
identify accurately the arms that occur in a medieval context. Arms
were widely displayed in the middle ages and can be found not only
on tombs, monuments and seals, but also on textiles, manuscripts,
metalwork, glass, wall paintings and other medieval artefacts. The
index acts as an armory, and allows the reader to discover the
blazons of arms recorded for particular surnames in the medieval
period. It will thus be a key tool for anyone researching medieval
families and their history, and represents a remarkable achievement
on the part of the manyexperts who have contributed to it.
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