PREFACE TO PRESENT EDITION vii✦

AUTHOR'S PREFACE ix

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS xix

CHAPTER I✦

INTRODUCTORY-- Early Popularity of Heraldry in England-- Origin of English Heraldry; Definition; Characteristics; Development; Early Uses; Not connected with Earlier Systems-- Ancient Heraldry-- Past and Present Treatment of the Subject 1

CHAPTER II✦

EARLY HERALDIC AUTHORITIES-- Seals; Monumental Effigies, &c.; Rolls of Arms, Official Heraldic Records, &c.-- Earliest Heraldic Shields and Banners-- Allusive Quality of Early Armory-- Attributed Arms 10

CHAPTER III✦

The English Heraldry that is now in existence-- First Debasement of Heraldry-- Later Debasement-- Revival of English Heraldry-- Heraldic Art 20

CHAPTER IV✦

GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section I.-- Language-- Nomenclature-- Style and Forms of Expression-- Blazon-- The Shield: its Parts, Points, Divisions, Dividing Lines, Varieties of Form, and Heraldic Treatment 29

CHAPTER V✦

GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section II.-- Tinctures: Metals, Colours, Furs-- Varied Fields-- Law of Tinctures-- Counter-changing-- Diaper-- Disposition-- Blazoning-- Emblazoning in Tinctures 40

CHAPTER VI✦

GRAMMAR OF HERALDRY: Section III.-- The Ordinaries:-- Chief: Fesse: Bar: Pale: Cross; its Heraldic Varieties: Bend: Saltire: Chevron: and Pile 49