PREFACE.
AN ATTEMPT TO CLASSIFY AND DATE THE VARIOUS SHAPES FOUND IN HERALDIC SHIELDS—PRINCIPALLY IN ENGLAND, WITH INCIDENTAL DATINGS. [1]
ELEVENTH CENTURY.
THE TWELFTH CENTURY
THIRTEENTH CENTURY.
FOURTEENTH CENTURY.
FIFTEENTH CENTURY.
Mantlings.
SIXTEENTH AND FOLLOWING CENTURIES.
LINES FOR TINCTURES.
Chaplets or Wreaths.
Palm Branches.
Supporters.
Mottoes.
Helmets,
Counterseals
Secreta
Mantlings from the Sixteenth to the Nineteenth Century.
IMPORTANT NOTE ON TINCTURE-LINES IN SEALS.
NOTE TO PAGE 36.
INDEX.
