Dictionary of British Arms: Medieval Ordinary Volume II Contributor(s): Woodcock, T. (Editor), Grant, Janet (Editor), Graham, Ian (Editor) |
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ISBN: 0854312684 ISBN-13: 9780854312689 Publisher: Society of Antiquaries of London OUR PRICE: $133.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: January 1996 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | Europe - Medieval |
Dewey: 929.609 |
Physical Information: 2" H x 6.8" W x 9.7" (3.25 lbs) 772 pages |
Themes: - Chronological Period - Medieval (500-1453) |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: This book is the second in a series of volumes designed to enable those with a working knowledge of heraldry to identify medieval British coats of arms. Listed in this volume are entries from Bend to Chevrons. The project is the result of a bequest to the Society of Antiquaries in 1926 for the production of a new edition of Papworth's Ordinary which has remained, since its publication in 1874, the principal tool for the identification of 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. The present work is the second in a four volume Ordinary covering the period before the beginning of the heraldic visitations in 1530. 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. Even those without a knowledge of the subject will be able, by means of the index, to discover the blazon of arms recorded under particular surnames in the Middle Ages. |