The Grammar of Heraldry

THE

GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY:

CONTAINING

A DESCRIPTION OF ALL THE PRINCIPAL CHARGES
USED IN ARMORY, THE SIGNIFICATION OF HERALDIC TERMS, AND THE
RULES TO BE OBSERVED IN BLAZONING AND MARSHALLING;

TOGETHER WITH THE

ARMORIAL BEARINGS OF ALL THE LANDED GENTRY IN ENGLAND
PRIOR TO THE SIXTEENTH CENTURY.

BY JOHN E. CUSSANS.

ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE-HUNDRED-AND-NINETY-SIX ENGRAVINGS.

LONDON:

LONGMANS, GREEN, AND CO.

1866.

CONTENTS.