Heraldically, perhaps the nicest illustration of genteel, female armorial pride comes again from the Paston family. |
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She receives lavish gifts and letters with armorial seals from far-away places, possibly from a lover. |
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As in Europe and the United States, armorial porcelain was commissioned in China for the Mexican market in the late eighteenth century. |
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This was the heavily carved baroque side table with its armorial shield that still stands in the main hall. |
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The law states that one must record the use of armorial devices and that means paying a fee. |
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He became internationally famous for his collection, which included forty-five examples of armorial decoration, now on display in the museum. |
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The five-bay hammerbeam roof, resting on an embattled and moulded wall plate, has cambered collars, angels, and armorial bosses. |
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There is now a thriving black market in armorial bearings and medieval chivalry. |
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Uniforms and regimental colours initially embodied the colonel's armorial bearings and livery, but soon took on the state's symbols. |
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His Lordship also had his coat armorial, according to the bearing of his ancestors, gilded on his closet books. |
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Rommel presented, together with Giovianni, a beautiful copy of the armorial bearings of the city of Porto Recanati and some illustrated books of the city and its region. |
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The carved eagles at the comers suggest that the table might have been made for the Borghese family, whose armorial bearings incorporate an eagle. |
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In England, new coats of arms are granted to individuals by the Earl Marshal of the College of Arms, which oversees the issuing of armorial bearings. |
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No doubt in response to this, heraldry emerged during this period and the armorial surcoat became a standard item of knightly dress. |
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These changes have made it possible for Canadian armigers to obtain statute protection for their armorial bearings. |
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These armorial bearings are differenced for the Regroupement des Bournival by the addition of yellow heads of wheat in the chief. |
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Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of Marcionis Salsae and an armorial bookplate of a second owner with the motto: comme je fus. |
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As early as 1382, there was an Ireland King of Arms responsible for all matters armorial in that country. |
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Some greater barons used a double seal with an equestrian obverse and an armorial reverse. |
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As special edition Sig decided to manufacture P210 to the armorial bearings the Switzerland cantons. |
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It is important to remember that grants of armorial bearings are made by the Crown to be valid forever. |
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On June 4, 1988, Canada's Governor General became the Canadian Heraldic Authority with the power to grant armorial bearings in Canada. |
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Three categories of armorial bearings can be requested: coats of arms, flags and badges. |
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There is no cost for registering armorial bearings as long as the petitioner provides full documentation of the original grant. |
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The same provisions apply to armorial bearings, flags, other emblems, abbreviations and names of certain intergovernmental organizations. |
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The Chinese proved remarkably adept at reproducing the armorial designs, copying painted or printed patterns such as bookplates sent from Europe and America. |
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Taxes on hats, dice, clocks, salt, hair powder, gloves, artificial flowers, menservants, game certificates and armorial bearings have also been used in the past. |
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Relatively few Americans possessed armorial services, partly because of the expense and partly because few Americans had coats of arms or the pretension to appropriate one. |
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Her interest in Chinese armorial ceramics is longstanding, and is matched by research into the collecting of Chinese art in the West in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. |
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Although specific criteria for the granting of armorial petitions have not been published, the individual's or institution's good standing and contributions to society are usually taken into consideration. |
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Early armorial bookplates in 16th-century England consisted of a simple unornamented shield, symmetrically mantled helmet, crest, and a scroll beneath for the owner's name. |
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The possession of armorial bearings is therefore unquestionably a question of property. |
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He raises proceedings, when necessary, against those who improperly usurp armorial bearings. |
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These two elements, the vair and the red chief, make up the armorial bearings associated with the Bournival family, known since at least the 13th century. |
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Accordingly, an armorial offender was viewed as sternly as any other evading national taxation. |
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These animals were the real thing all right, but they were also armorial devices symbols of the countryside and lifeblood of the earth in which they were rooted. |
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The stars, absent from the armorial of d'Hozier in 1697, were added in the 18th century. |
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Coronets of various forms are depicted over the armorial bearings of continental European noblemen, but they have not been made and worn as in Great Britain. |
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However these armorial bearings belong to the incorporated body of the county council and not to the geographic area of the counties themselves. |
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Letters patent designating the Foundation as the sole authority for using the armorial badge were signed by Governor General Adrienne Clarkson, a strong supporter of the work of the Foundation. |
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A warrant was issued by the Deputy Herald Chancellor authorizing the Chief Herald to grant armorial bearings to the Michener Awards Foundation as an honour from the Crown. |
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The Queen of Canada has delegated her prerogative to grant armorial bearings to the Governor General of Canada. |
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A State emblem refers to symbols of the identity and sovereignty of a State, which are designed according to an artistic language and a very precise science, relating to armorial bearings. |
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Although European crests on Chinese porcelain can be found on pieces made as early as the 16th century, around 1700 the demand for armorial porcelain increased dramatically. |
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Unlike other British Orders, the armorial banners of Knights and Ladies of the Thistle are not hung in the chapel, but instead in an adjacent part of St Giles High Kirk. |
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But the law of arms is not part of the common law and the common law Courts have no jurisdiction over matters of dignities and honours, such as armorial bearings, or peerages. |
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