The Antiquities Of Heraldry: Collected From The Literature, Coins, Gems, Vases, And Other Monuments Of Pre-christian And Mediaeval Times
- Author(s): William Smith Ellis
- Category: Jewelry
- Publisher: London, J. R. Smith
- Publish year: 1869
- ISBN: 9678000004963
- Number of Pages: 349
The Antiquities Of Heraldry: Collected From The Literature, Coins, Gems, Vases, And Other Monuments Of Pre-christian And Mediaeval Times
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Copyright
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
EXPLANATION OF PLATES.
CHAPTER I. ANCIENT ASIATIC AND EGYPTIAN HERALDRY.
CHAPTER II. HERALDRY OF SIMPLE AND MINGLED COLOURS ON COSTUME, BANNERS AND SHIELDS.
CHAPTER III. HERALDRY OF THE ANCIENT MEXICANS, AND OF THE NORTH-AMERICAN INDIANS.
CHAPTER IV .HERALDRY OF THE ANCIENT GREEKS AND ROMANS.
CHAPTER V. HERALDRY OF MYTHOLOGY.
CHAPTER VI. HERALDIC ORIGIN OF MANY FAMILY AND LOCAL NAMES.
CHAPTER VII. ON THE MODES OF TRANSMISSION OF HERALDIC SYMBOLS FROM ANCIENT TO MODERN TIMES.
CHAPTER VIII. MEDLEVAL HERALDRY.
CHAPTER IX. ARMORIAL SEALS OF THE TWELFTH AND THIRTEENTH CENTURIES; WITH ILLUSTRATIVE PEDIGREES OF BARONIAL FAMILIES.
CHAPTER X. ARGUMENTS AGAINST THE PRESUMED ORIGIN OF HERALDRY IN THE TWELFTH CENTURY.
APPENDIX
INDEX OF ARMS.