| The Birth of Heraldry | |
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| « Mult veissiez par les grant plaignes moveir conreiz et chevtaignes ; ni a riche home ne a baron qui n'ait ez lui son gonfanon, ou sa maisnie se restreigne, connoissances e entresainz, de plusieurs guises escuz painz» | «Much would you see, across the great plains, moving companies and captains; there is no rich man nor baron who does not have his gonfalon with him, around which his household gathers, [with] tokens and signs of recognition, and shields painted in many guises. » |
The Blazon : Vert, a dragon sable langued gules; a chief-bendlet sinister or, the bendlet passing over the dragon and interlaced with its tail. The shield ensigned with a marquess’ coronet.
(And here, I have not depicted the external ornaments.)
The -> shield is Swiss-shaped