Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Badges
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
Heraldic Badges
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Badges
Languages : en
Pages : 208
Book Description
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher: DigiCat
ISBN:
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 695
Book Description
A Complete Guide to Heraldry is a book by Arthur Charles Fox-Davies. The author presents a comprehensive guide to heraldry, the science and the art that deal with the use, display, and management of hereditary symbols employed to distinguish individuals, armies, institutions, and corporations.
Medieval Badges
Author: Ann Marie RasmussenPublisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN: 0812253205
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 324
Book Description
Mass produced of tin-lead alloys and cheap to purchase, medieval badges were brooch-like objects displaying familiar images. Sumptuously illustrated, Medieval Badges considers all badges, whether they originated in religious or secular contexts, and highlights the ways in which badges could confer meaning and identity on their wearers.
A Complete Guide to Heraldry
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 724
Book Description
A Complete Guide to Heraldry - Illustrated by Nine Plates and Nearly 800 other Designs
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher: Read Books Ltd
ISBN: 1446549038
Category : Reference
Languages : en
Pages : 741
Book Description
This antiquarian book contains a detailed treatise on English heraldry, with information on its history, development, and popularity. Heraldry is the profession, study, or art of creating, granting, and blazoning arms and ruling on questions of rank or protocol, as exercised by an officer of the army; and also comprises the practice of designing, displaying, describing, and recording coats of arms and heraldic badges. Illustrated by nine plates and nearly three hundred designs, this volume is a comprehensive treatment of the subject that will greatly appeal to those with an interest in heraldry. The chapters of this volume include: 'The Origin of Armory', 'The Status and the Meaning of a Coat of Arms in Great Britain', 'The Heralds and Officers of Arms', 'Heraldic Brasses', 'The Component Parts of an Achievement', 'The Shield', 'The Field of a Shield and the Heraldic Tinctures', 'The Rules of Blazon', et cetera. We are republishing this vintage text now complete with a new prefatory biography of the author.
Heraldic Standards and Other Ensigns
Author: Robert Gayre of Gayre and NiggPublisher: Edinburgh : Oliver and Boyd
ISBN:
Category : Flags
Languages : en
Pages : 196
Book Description
The Art of Heraldry
Author: Arthur Charles Fox-DaviesPublisher: London : T.C. ;& E.C. Jack
ISBN:
Category : Heraldry
Languages : en
Pages : 828
Book Description
U.S. Army Heraldic Crests
Author: Barry Jason SteinPublisher: Univ of South Carolina Press
ISBN: 9780872499638
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 646
Book Description
A comprehensive guide to the authorized unit insignia from the American Revolution through the Persian Gulf War.
United States Army Medal, Badges and Insignias,
Author: Frank C. FosterPublisher: Medals of America Press
ISBN: 9781884452673
Category : Military decorations
Languages : en
Pages : 188
Book Description
Author: John K. Mahon