How To Use Armorial In A Sentence
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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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The most important item will be a painted silk armorial hatchment from his state funeral car.
A Home and Its Love Story
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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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The almost universal desire to possess some kind of armorial insignia, implies a corresponding recognition of the necessity to obtain them from some Institution or Personage, supposed to be competent and authorised both to determine what they should be, and to impart a right to accept and to assume and bear them.
The Handbook to English Heraldry
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In his own country the king granted these honourable augmentations to his armorial ensign: a chief undulated, ARGENT: thereon waves of the sea; from which a palm tree issuant, between a disabled ship on the dexter, and a ruinous battery on the sinister all proper; and for his crest, on
The Life of Horatio Lord Nelson
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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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Is the foregoing family a branch of that of Herefordshire, now ennobled; or does it come down from one of the name anterior to the time when such earldom was made patent, viz. from Sir Richard Harley, 28 Edward I.: whose armorial bearings, according to one annalist, is mentioned as _Or, bend cotized sable_?
Notes and Queries, Number 184, May 7, 1853 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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In heraldry the eagle has been used in countless armorial bearings as an allegory of power.
Times, Sunday Times
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He was preceded by Black Rod, Garter King of Arms, girt in an Alice in Wonderland tabard, festooned with harps and other armorial devices.
The peerless John Prescott takes his place in House Of Lords
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armorial bearing
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The processional cross (Figure 14), which, within his province, is carried in front of (but not by) an archbishop -- a privilege granted to all archbishops by Gregory IX -- is also used armorially, being represented in pale behind the shield.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
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Within the coronet was his mitre and the representation of the two together led to the appearance of the coronet as the rim of the mitre, and coronet and mitre have been armorially depicted together.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability
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Dinner tables were embellished with armorial silver and porcelain, gaming tables used mother-of-pearl gaming counters bearing coats of arms, while libraries were filled with rare volumes containing armorial bookplates.
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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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The heraldic embellishments of this family tree offer a particular interest in that the armorial blazonings are in accord with a decree of the French
Royal Palaces and Parks of France
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Its large oaken slab was of sufficient dimensions to admit of the royal gift being spread in graceful folds over the dark surface of the wood, which the better displayed the tissue's interchanging tints, and also gave room for the disposal of the cap and gloves which were placed in a kind of armorial crest between its gauntlets, at the head of the scarf, and at its foot was added a beautifully written inscription in old emblazoned characters, historic of the interesting relics above.
The Scottish Chiefs
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Over the low-arched gateway which led into the yard there was a carved stone, exhibiting some attempt at armorial bearings; and above the inner entrance hung, and had hung, for many years, the mouldering hatchment, which announced that umquhile Laurence Dumbie of Dumbiedikes had been gathered to his fathers in Newbattle kirkyard.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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The great majority of Stone's other armorial cartouches were for funerary monuments, while the Russell / Brydges cartouches were obviously designed with the spirit of the grotto in mind.
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‘Becco’, and ‘cornuto’, ‘fantastico’, ‘magnifico’, ‘impress’ (the armorial device upon shields, and appearing constantly in its Italian form ‘impresa’), ‘saltimbanco’ (= mountebank), all once common enough, are now obsolete.
English Past and Present
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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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Although the system is not perfect, containing minor contradictions and overlaps, it is vastly more efficient than searching for armorials without possessing a comprehensive knowledge of heraldry.
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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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I noticed jewel-cases, with ciphers and armorial bearings stamped upon them, and sets of fine table-linen, and weapons of price; but none of the things were docketed.
Gobseck
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On the foliated capital are four coats of arms, and the first has the lion within the double tressure, and the armorial bearings are usually supposed to be those of King James II. (1436-1460); the second, impaled, of his Queen, Mary of Gueldres (1449-1463); the third has also the lion within the double tressure and a label of three points, which is held to denote a prince or heir, if not a younger son.
Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
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He justly observes that "moko" is the counterpart of the armorial bearings of which many families in Europe are so vain.
In Search of the Castaways
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Such are heraldry, or armorial science; glyptics, which deals with engraved stones; ceramics, or the study of pottery in all its epochs.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery
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Their usual shape, however, was round, and even upon the oval figure seals of the middle of the thirteenth century the armorial secretum or counterseal was round (pi. xvi,/,/).
Archaeologia, or, Miscellaneous tracts relating to antiquity [microform]
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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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MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the Bellingham escutcheon garnished sable,
Ulysses
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There is no need to suppose that each of the brethren had a zodiacal figure already assigned to him as a kind of armorial bearing or device.
The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture
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It has been estimated that Britons ordered approximately five thousand armorial services over the course of the eighteenth century, while Continental Europeans ordered approximately three thousand.
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MRS BELLINGHAM: He addressed me in several handwritings with fulsome compliments as a Venus in furs and alleged profound pity for my frostbound coachman Palmer while in the same breath he expressed himself as envious of his earflaps and fleecy sheepskins and of his fortunate proximity to my person, when standing behind my chair wearing my livery and the armorial bearings of the
Ulysses
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Heraldically, perhaps the nicest illustration of genteel, female armorial pride comes again from the Paston family.
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The Dolphin, borne by GILES DE FISHBOURNE (H. 3), and afterwards introduced into several English Shields, is best known as the armorial ensign of the DAUPHIN, the eldest son and heir apparent of the Kings of France, who bore, marshalled with the arms of FRANCE -- _Or, a Dolphin az.
The Handbook to English Heraldry
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‘Becco’, and ‘cornuto’, ‘fantastico’, ‘magnifico’, ‘impress’ (the armorial device upon shields, and appearing constantly in its Italian form ‘impresa’), ‘saltimbanco’ (= mountebank), all once common enough, are now obsolete.
English Past and Present
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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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The most important item will be a painted silk armorial hatchment from his state funeral car.
A Home and Its Love Story
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_ -- It seems to have been much the custom, about two centuries ago, to engrave more or less elaborately the brass lids of warming-pans with different devices, such as armorial bearings, &c., in the centre, and with an inscription or a motto surrounding the device.
Notes and Queries, Number 66, February 1, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc.
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It adds very much to the beauty of a piece of silver to bear such engraving, and it is always well to add a motto, or a "posy," as the bid phrase has it, thus investing the gift with a personal interest, in our absence of armorial bearings.
Manners and Social Usages
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This private area of the forum is solely for the use of armigers, registered with the International Armorial Register.
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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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High-swung barouches, with immense armorial bearings on their panels, driven by fat white-wigged coachmen, and having powdered footmen up behind them; seigniorial phaetons; daring tandems; discreet little broughams, brown or yellow; flippant high dog-carts; low but flippant Ralli-carts; very frivolous private hansoms shaming the more serious public ones.
Max
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-- When a knight entered the lists at a tournament, his presence was announced by sound of trumpet or horn, after which the officers of arms, the official Heralds, declared his armorial insignia -- they “blazoned” his Arms. This term, “to blazon,” derived from the German word “_blasen_,” signifying “to blow a blast on
The Handbook to English Heraldry
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First, an ante-chamber, at the farther end of which was a winding wooden staircase, behind which came the kitchen; on either side of the antechamber was a dining-room and a parlor panelled in oak now nearly black, with armorial bearings in the divisions of the ceilings.
Sons of the Soil
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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 double-headed eagle, the bordure bizantée, and the demilion charged with bezants, are all evident derivations from the armorial bearings of Richard, titular king of the Romans, Earl of
Notes and Queries, Number 15, February 9, 1850
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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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There is now a thriving black market in armorial bearings and medieval chivalry.
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They are one and the same person; Richard is author of both the schoolboy newspaper and the spoof armorial bearings.
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Over the low-arched gateway which led into the yard there was a carved stone, exhibiting some attempt at armorial bearings; and above the inner entrance hung, and had hung, for many years, the mouldering hatchment, which announced that umquhile Laurence Dumbie of Dumbiedikes had been gathered to his fathers in Newbattle kirkyard.
The Heart of Mid-Lothian
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Though there were no differences in arms for daughters, by Strangways’ time heraldry had found its means of recording women's armorial interests.
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We need not have recourse either to the family names, armorial bearings or cardinalatial titles, to see the fitness of their designations as given in the prophecies.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 12: Philip II-Reuss
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They are one and the same person; Richard is author of both the schoolboy newspaper and the spoof armorial bearings.
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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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Huge arched fire-places; chimney-pieces carved with armorial bearings; oak tables absolutely joisted to sustain their vast bulk; bedsteads that would not have groaned with the weight of a Titan; -- the whole intended to oppose a ponderous resistance to the ravages of time and fashion.
Traditions of Lancashire, Volume 1 (of 2)
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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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The five-bay hammerbeam roof, resting on an embattled and moulded wall plate, has cambered collars, angels, and armorial bosses.
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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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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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By contrast, an armorial lustre slid along the chitinous combs of the insect's legs.
SOMEWHERE EAST OF LIFE
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Rommel presented, together with Giovianni Rovazzani, 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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It is not probable that Turchil, the last Saxon Earl of Warwick, bore anything that might be strictly called armorial bearings.
Shakespeare's Family
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High-swung barouches, with immense armorial bearings on their panels, driven by fat white-wigged coachmen, and having powdered footmen up behind them; seigniorial phaetons; daring tandems; discreet little broughams, brown or yellow; flippant high dog-carts; low but flippant Ralli-carts; very frivolous private hansoms shaming the more serious public ones.
Max
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Dutch examples with engraved armorial bowls are ridiculously cheap, selling for between £350 and £500 at auction.
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There is now a thriving black market in armorial bearings and medieval chivalry.
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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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Howard also explores the role of the Swedish East India Company in supplying armorial porcelain to Scotland, which is logical enough considering the proximity of Gothenberg, Sweden, to Scotland.
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With the increasing realism of later medieval art, windows begin to include many details of daily life, and their donors are commemorated by being depicted in contemporary dress, or by the inclusion of their armorial bearings.
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Its large oaken slab was of sufficient dimensions to admit of the royal gift being spread in graceful folds over the dark surface of the wood, which the better displayed the tissue's interchanging tints, and also gave room for the disposal of the cap and gloves, which were placed in a kind of armorial crest between its gauntlets, at the head of the scarf, and at its foot was added a beautifully written inscription in old emblazoned characters, historic of the interesting relics above.
The Scottish Chiefs
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His Lordship also (before he was nobilitated) had his coat armorial, according to the bearing of his ancestors, gilded on his closet books.
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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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With the increasing realism of later medieval art, windows begin to include many details of daily life, and their donors are commemorated by being depicted in contemporary dress, or by the inclusion of their armorial bearings.
