A Display of Heraldrie

book by Guillim

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heraldry

  • Image shows a seal depicting several mythical creatures fighting.
    In heraldry: Early writers

    …Armorie (1562), and John Guillim, A Display of Heraldrie (1610), not only perpetuate the nonsensical natural history of olden days but are largely responsible for erroneous beliefs about heraldic charges having definite symbolic meanings and their being granted as rewards for valorous deeds—beliefs that today are perpetuated by the vendors…

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