 | John Burke, Bernard Burke - Genealogy - 1846 - 414 pages
...those of the principal metal and colour of the arms ; and it is a rule in delineating the wreath (shewn edgewise above the shield) that the first coil shall...constituted. Such are the wreaths in general use, but occasions have arisen when crowns and coronets supply their place. Crests have sometimes, but very... | |
 | William Newton - Heraldry - 1846 - 452 pages
...of the principal metal and colour of the arms ; and it is a rule in delineating the wreath, (shewn edgewise above the shield,) that the first coil shall...which the achievement is constituted. Such are the silken twisted wreaths usually adjudged by the ladies to their favourite knights, and borne round the... | |
 | John Bernard Burke - History - 1860 - 608 pages
...those of the principal metal and colour of the arms ; and it is a rule in delineating the wreath (shewn edgewise above the shield) that the first coil shall...of which the achievement is constituted. Such are 374 HERALDRY. the wreaths in general use, but occasions have arisen when crowns and coronets supply... | |
 | Sir Bernard Burke - Great Britain - 1861 - 458 pages
...those of the principal metal and colour of the arms ; and it is a rule in delineating the wreath (shewn edgewise above the shield) that the first coil shall...constituted. Such are the wreaths in general use, but occasions have arisen when crowns and coronets supply their place. Crests have sometimes, but very... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1890 - 988 pages
...those of the principal metal and color of the arms. It is a rule in delineating the wreath, which is shown edgewise above the shield, that the first coil shall be of metal, and the second of color. Civic, triumphal, and other crowns were used as wreaths; and this practice... | |
 | Harry Thurston Peck - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1898 - 960 pages
...those of the principal metal and color of the arms. . It is a rule in delineating the wreath, which is shown edgewise above the shield, that the first coil shall be of metal, and the second of color. Civic, triumphal, and other crowns were used as wreaths; and this practice... | |
 | Adna James Fogg, John Lemuel Murray Willis - 1907 - 156 pages
...always those of the principal metal and color of the arms ; and it is the rule in delineating the Torse, that the first coil shall be of the metal, and the last coil of the color of which the achievement is constituted. feudal system, — the joust, tournament,... | |
 | Frank Moore Colby, Talcott Williams - Education - 1922 - 932 pages
...those of the principal metal and color of the arms. It is a rule in delineating the wreath, which is shown edgewise above the shield, that the first coil shall be of metal, and the second of color. Civic, triumphal, and other crowns were used as wreaths; and this practice... | |
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WREATH, which was formed of two pieces of silk, " twisted together by the lady who chose the bearer for her knight." The tinctures of the Wreath are always those of the principal metal and colour of the arms ; and it is a rule in delineating the wreath... 