The Manual of Heraldry; Fifth Edition by Anonymous


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Page 34

There are eight heralds that are not kings-at-arms. Their tabards
are of silk, embroidered with the royal arms. They are called York,
Lancaster, Somerset, Richmond, Chester, and Windsor. George the First
created a new herald called Hanover, and another called Gloucester.

The kings-at-arms, heralds, and pursuivants, form the Heralds'
College, by whom all matters connected with the coats of arms of every
gentleman in the kingdom are arranged and determined.

HILTED. The handle of a sword tinctured.

[Illustration: Hilted]

Ex. Argent, a sword proper couped, hilted or.

[Illustration: HONOUR POINT]

HONOUR POINT. That part of the shield between the precise middle chief
and the fess point. In the annexed example the large dot in the centre
shows the fess point; the point within the letter D, the _honour
point_. See p. 6. [CHAP. II.]

HORNED. This term is used to denote that the horn of a unicorn is of a
different tincture from his body.

[Illustration: Horned]

Ex. Azure, three unicorns' heads proper, erased, horned or.

HUMETTY. A term used to denote an ordinary, parts of which are couped
or cut off, so that it does not touch the edges of the shield.

[Illustration: Humetty]

Ex. Argent, a fess humetty gules, between three mullets sable.

[Illustration: HURTS]

HURTS. Blue roundlets: the colour is expressed in the name; therefore
the tincture is not otherwise named in emblazoning a coat of arms.

[Illustration: Spearhead imbued.]

IMBUED. Weapons spotted with blood are said to be imbued. The example
shows a spearhead imbued.

IMPALED. Two coats of arms, conjoined paleways, in one shield.

[Illustration: Impaled]

Ex. Argent, a fess gules, impaled with argent, a bend azure. See p.
38. [CHAP. VI.]

INCRESCENT. The new moon, with her horns turned towards the dexter
side of the shield.

[Illustration: Increscent]

Ex. Azure, a moon increscent argent.

INDENTED. A serrated figure, much smaller than the dancette.

[Illustration: Indented]

Ex. Or, a chief gules, indented.

INESCUTCHEON. The name given to small escutcheons forming a bearing of
a coat of arms.

[Illustration: Inescutcheon]

Ex. Argent, three inescutcheons gules.

INVECTED. A line formed with small semicircles, with the points turned
inward. Any ordinary drawn with this line is called invected.

[Illustration: Invected]

Ex. Argent, a bend gules, invected between two hurts.

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