English heraldry / [Charles Boutell].

  • Charles Boutell
Date:
1889
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Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: English heraldry / [Charles Boutell]. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    of arms of his house—three blue mullets (stars generally of five rays) on a field of silver, No. 11 ; and these mullets No. ii.—Seal of Walter Innes. No. 12.—Seal of Wm. Tnnes. may be traced to the single star, that appears on the Seal of William Innes, or De Ynays, No. 12, appended to his deed of homage to Edward I., in the Year 1295. 1 have selected these examples from the “ Catalogue of Scottish Seals,” published by Mr. Laing, of Edinburgh, that 1 may be enabled here to refer in the highest terms of admiring commendation to that most excellent work. It is greatly to be desired that a corresponding publication should treat, with equal ability, of the Seals of England which, from the dawn of Heraldry, continue their admirable examples and illustrations throughout its career. Monumental Effigies, Sepulchral Memorials, early Build- ings, and early Stained Glass, frequently are rich in autho- ritative examples of “ the figures of Heraldry.” In addition to the various forms and combinations of heraldic com- position, these works illustrate the early style of drawing in favour with Heralds during the great eras of mediaeval Art, and they have preserved to us most useful and sug- gestive representations of various devices in their proper heraldic aspect. In many instances the Heraldry of early Monuments and Architecture possesses a peculiar value, arising from the circumstance of the shields of arms and other insignia having been sculptured in low relief or outlined in incised lines, and consequently these devices and compositions retain their original forms : and, in like manner, the original colouring of the Heraldry of Stained
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