The Elements of Heraldry

 
MacEanruig
 
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27 September 2015 13:39
 

I found a copy of The Elements of Heraldry by William H. Whitmore. I am slowly adding books from the AHS bookshelf list to my collection.

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27 September 2015 13:45
 

Useful to have, but bear in mind that Whitmore was an inveterate Anglophile in his understanding of the right to bear arms.

 
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27 September 2015 14:46
 

I read your review of the book. I also, got the same impression, but I kind of found it my accident. Nevertheless, I have it now.

 
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27 September 2015 14:48
 

The large red & black image on the book cover has a familiar pattern ... wink

Does the book attribute those arms to one of your own folk?

 
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27 September 2015 19:28
 

Michael F. McCartney;104766 wrote:

The large red & black image on the book cover has a familiar pattern ... wink

Does the book attribute those arms to one of your own folk?


Well spotted Michael! LOL

 
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27 September 2015 21:19
 

I saw that also. I did not see mention of the cover art on the inside pages, but I might be able to find it within the Gore Roll of Arms included Appendix.

 
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28 September 2015 00:21
 

No, there are no Henderson arms on the Gore Roll, and these couldn’t have been, not having been granted until 1910.  The artwork is (I think) lifted from Fox-Davies’s Armorial Families, and is presumably on the dust jacket as a whim of the reprint publisher.  My copy is the same edition.

 
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28 September 2015 18:35
 

I sort of figured that was the case. I always hate when cover art does not match the content.

 
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29 September 2015 01:23
 

Looks like the colors of the arms on the cover were messed up?