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The Handbook to English Heraldry By: Charles Boutell (1812-1877) |
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[Illustration: Seal of Sir THOMAS DE BEAUCHAMP, K.G.,
Third Earl of WARWICK: died A.D. 1369. Date of the Seal, 1344.
No. 446. See No. 447, page 320, also see page 321.]
"To describe ... emblazoned Shields." MILTON THE HANDBOOK TO
ENGLISH
HERALDRY by CHARLES BOUTELL, M.A. Author of "The Monumental Brasses of England,"
Editor and Part Author of "Arms and Armour
in Antiquity and The Middle Ages," etc. with NEARLY FIVE HUNDRED ILLUSTRATIONS
Drawn and Engraved on Wood
by Mr. R. B. UTTING and Others
ELEVENTH EDITION Thoroughly Revised with an Additional Chapter by
A. C. FOX DAVIES
of Lincoln's Inn Barrister At Law [Illustration: ROYAL ARMS (1340 1405)] LONDON: REEVES & TURNER
1914
Printed by BALLANTYNE, HANSON & CO.
at the Ballantyne Press, Edinburgh
PREFACE TO THE ELEVENTH EDITION
This standard work of reference has been revised throughout, and
enlarged by the addition of an extra chapter on Peerage Dignities.
A. C. FOX DAVIES. LINCOLN'S INN, November 1913 .
PREFACE TO THE TENTH EDITION
In the revision of this well known work I have held my hand, rather than
the contrary, trying to bear always in mind that it was the hand book of
Mr. Charles Boutell and not a production of my own. My alterations have
been concerned chiefly in bringing the volume up to date, a necessity
imposed by the creation of new orders of knighthood, and change of
Sovereign. I have certainly omitted a few remarks which I have thought
might be the cause of leading students of the science astray: I have
altered ambiguous wording to emphasise the real, and I have no doubt the
originally intended meaning. But in many points which, being deductions,
are naturally matters of opinion, I have left herein various expressions
of Mr. Boutell's opinion, with which I can hardly say I personally
altogether agree or would myself put forward. I hold that it is no part
of an editor's duty to air his own opinions under the protection or
repute of another's name, and herein I have inserted nothing for which
my own opinion is the only authority. A. C. FOX DAVIES. LINCOLN'S INN, June 1908 .
[Illustration: No. 2. St. Edward.
No. 1. St. George.
No. 3. St. Edmund.]
AUTHOR'S PREFACE
This Volume, specially prepared for the use of students at an early
period of their study of English Heraldry, commends itself also to those
inquirers who may desire to obtain some general information on the same
subject, without having any intention to devote to Heraldry much either
of their time or of their serious regard. The success, no less extraordinary than gratifying, of my larger work on
Heraldry, led me to hope that a not less favourable reception might be
extended to a simpler and much shorter essay, more decidedly elementary
in its aim and character, and yet as far as possible within its limits
complete. Such a treatise I have endeavoured to produce in this Volume. Inseparably associated with the History of our Country, and more
particularly when our national History becomes the Biography of eminent
Englishmen, English Heraldry has the strongest claims upon the attention
not only of all Historians, but also of all who desire to become
familiar with their writings. In like manner, Heraldry may be studied
with no less of advantage than of satisfaction by all Artists, whether
Architects, Sculptors, Painters, or Engravers. Nor is it too much to
assert that some knowledge of Heraldry, in consequence of its singular
and comprehensive utility, ought to be estimated as a necessary element
of a liberal education. In confirmation of my own views, I am tempted to
quote the following passage from M. GOURDON DE GENOUILLAC'S introduction
to his excellent "Grammaire Héraldique," published at Paris: "Le
blason," says M. de Genouillac, "est une langue qui s'est conservée dans
sa pureté primitive depuis les siècles, langue dont la connaissance, est
indispensable aux familles nobles, qui y trouvent un signe d'alliance ou
de reconnaissance, aux numismates, aux antiquaires, aux archéologues,
enfin à tous les artistes, gens de lettres, &c... Continue reading book >>
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