Heraldry : Sources, Synbols and Meaning. [The Herald -- Terminology -- The Shield -- The Sign -- The Helmet -- The Crown -- Heraldic accessories -- The Right of Arms -- Armorial Display -- Early Armorials]

Neubecker, Ottfried, 1908- ; Brooke-Little, J. P. ; Tobler, Robert [Emil Buhrer, Floyd Yearout, COrina Reich, Franz Coray, Werner Luzi, Edith Burgler, Franz Gisler, Nicholas Fry, Daryl Sharf

ISBN 10: 0070463085 / ISBN 13: 9780070463080

Published by New York ; St. Louis ; San Francisco ; Montreal ; Sao Paolo ; Singapore ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill Book COmpany, 1976, 1976

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LCCN:76-20187 ; Dewey: 929.6 ; LC: CR21.N48 ;ISBN: 0070463085 ; Contents: The Herald -- Terminology -- The Shield -- The Sign -- The Helmet -- The Crown -- Heraldic accessories -- The Right of Arms -- Armorial Display -- Early Armorials -- Bibliography. ; ".contains an extensive and thorough display of heraldic devices and historical illustrations. There are 1,700 illustrations, 1,500 in full color. Many specially commissioned maps, charts, and diagrammatic drawings are used to bring new clarity to subjects that range from the geographic distribution of major signs in the Middle Ages to the intricate, short-lived arms of Austria-Hungary. Museums, incunabula, cathedral crypts, and monasteries have bee n searched for graphic and exquisite examples of heraldic symbols, scenes of tourneys and courts, statues, halberds, tabards, furs, etc--all of heraldry's sophisticated paraphernalia and princely milieu." ; blue cloth in colorful dustjacket ; FINE/VG.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Heraldry : Sources, Synbols and Meaning. [The Herald -- Terminology -- The Shield -- The Sign -- The Helmet -- The Crown -- Heraldic accessories -- The Right of Arms -- Armorial Display -- Early Armorials]
• Publisher: New York ; St. Louis ; San Francisco ; Montreal ; Sao Paolo ; Singapore ; Toronto : McGraw-Hill Book COmpany, 1976
• Publication Date: 1976
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0070463085
• ISBN 13: 9780070463080
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: Book

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Synopsis

This volume is an illustrated history of the system, the art and the craft of heraldry. Each of the book's chapters focuses on one specific element of heraldry, seeking to bring an order and clarity to the ancient and intricate system of identification. Topics include: the rise and decline of jousting tournaments; the chivalric code; symbols of battles won passed from father to son and, eventually, to the seals of great nations; the origin of the "bar sinister"; and emblems brought back by the Crusaders from the Middle East and still used today to represent various countries. The book contains a display of heraldic devices and historical illustrations, maps, charts and diagrams.

Language Notes

Text: English, German (translation)