Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry
Fiction & Literature
| Author: | John Vinycomb | ISBN: | 1230000029248 |
| Publisher: | cbook | Publication: | November 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | Language: | English |
| Author: | John Vinycomb |
| ISBN: | 1230000029248 |
| Publisher: | cbook |
| Publication: | November 6, 2012 |
| Imprint: | |
| Language: | English |
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry By John Vinycomb. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EX-LIBRIS SOCIETY. ILLUSTRATED by CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED. 11 HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W. C.
MCMVI.
Under the title of this book it is proposed to describe and illustrate only those fictitious and symbolic creatures which appear in British Heraldry. The list will include all those beings of whose existence we have not the direct evidence of our senses, and those exaggerations and combinations of natural forms which have been adopted in the system of symbolic heraldry handed down to us from the Middle Ages.
Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art: With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry By John Vinycomb. MEMBER OF THE ROYAL IRISH ACADEMY, FELLOW OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF IRELAND, A VICE-PRESIDENT OF THE EX-LIBRIS SOCIETY. ILLUSTRATED by CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED. 11 HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W. C.
MCMVI.
Under the title of this book it is proposed to describe and illustrate only those fictitious and symbolic creatures which appear in British Heraldry. The list will include all those beings of whose existence we have not the direct evidence of our senses, and those exaggerations and combinations of natural forms which have been adopted in the system of symbolic heraldry handed down to us from the Middle Ages.
