Fictitious & Symbolic Creatures in Art / With Special Reference to Their Use in British Heraldry

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS

INTRODUCTION

Notes on Animated Beings in Heraldic Art

Celestial Beings

Chimerical Creatures of the Dragon and Serpent kind

Other Chimerical Creatures and Heraldic Beasts

Fictitious Creatures of the Sea

FICTITIOUS AND SYMBOLIC
CREATURES IN ART

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

ST. GEORGE AND THE DRAGON

ILLUSTRATED

CHAPMAN AND HALL, LIMITED
11 HENRIETTA STREET, LONDON, W. C.
MCMVI

Printed by Ballantyne & Co. Limited
Tavistock Street, London


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

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