Heraldic Design: Its Origins, Ancient Forms and Modern Usage

by Hubert Allcock

Book Overview

Rich sourcebook of approximately 500 black-and-white designs traces history and meaning of the shield, symbols, crests, helmets, and blazonry, with special emphasis on such devices as beasts, monsters, human, and part-human figures. American, British, French, and Russian costs of arms are displayed, as are insignias of the clergy, state seals, and modern institutions.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 048642975X
• ISBN13: 9780486429755
• Release Date: February 2004
• Publisher: Dover Publications
• Length: 98 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 11.0"