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THE WATER BOUGET The water-bougets,
which were used to carry water to the Christian camp, consisted
(as we find from rudely drawn ancient pictures and sculpture of
two leathern bags, suspended from
Besides, the ancient form is the heraldic device, and therefore no variation as to shape is admissible; such attempts, by modern artists, have frequently destroyed the original character of ancient heraldic bearings.
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-------------------------------------- THE PALL A figure having the form of the letter Y. It consists of half a pale issuing from the base, and conjoined in the fesse point with half a saltier from the dexter chief and sinister chief. It is said to represent a liturgical vestment worn over the chasuble by the pope, archbishops, and some bishops in the Roman Catholic Church. It is betoken by the pope on archbishops and bishops as a symbol of their participation in papal authority. |
CROSS FURCHEE A peculiar
device, by some denominated a Cross Furchee, is borne by the ancient
family of
Argent, a cross furchee sable, as borne by the Cunninghams, is said to have had this singular origin:—When Prince Malcom, surnamed Canmore, escaped from the Usurper Macbeth, the ancestor of the Cunninghams hid the fugitive prince by covering him with straw; and when Malcom recovered his crown, in reward for this service he conferred large domains upon his protector, and granted this armorial device in commemoration of the act: the furchee representing a wooden fork of those times, by which straw was spread, and shaken for litter. (see Pall in complementary article to the left of this one) ------------------------ |
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THE HEAVENLY BODIES Heraldic devices are not
limited to terrestrial objects,—the heavenly bodies are also employed as
armorial insignia. Of these there are numerous examples, both in the shields
appertaining to our own nation, and in those of other countries. Azure,
the sun in his glory proper, (that of course must be or,) is borne by
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THE ESCALLOP for pilgrims who were truly noble The assumption of escallop shells by
Christian pilgrims (for they always made those shells part of the
decorations of their dress) appears to
have allusion to some of the Apostles, who followed the profession of
Argent, an escallop shell gules, is borne by the name
of Prelate, of Gloucestershire; Sable, an escallop shell argent, by the
name of Travers. Escallop shells, as before mentioned, represent the
constancy and faithful adherence of the bearer to the religious work
wherein he is engaged; the indentations on their edges being so formed
by nature that none other than the twin shells can by possibility be
made to unite. Gules, three escallop shells argent, is borne by the name
of Kepple; Sable, three escallop shells argent, by the name of
Strickland; Gules, three escallop shells within a bordure engrailed
argent, by the name of Earle, of Lincolnshire: Gules, three escallop
shells or, by the name of
Nisbet, in stating that escallop shells have been always considered, in armorial bearings, as the badges and distinguishing marks of pilgrimages to holy places* observes, that they were of such estimation and extensive appropriation in all Christian countries, that Pope Alexander IV., by a Bull, prohibited the assumption of escallop shells, as armorial devices, by all but " pilgrims who were truly noble." |
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the
ends of a yoke placed upon the shoulders of the bearers. These rudely-delineated bougets, though perhaps not very accurately represented, will
scarcely admit of correction, for we have no means of knowing
what were the exact forms of those vessels; and therefore, if
drawn according to modern rules of art, would probably not give
the figures intended.
Cunningham, in Scotland. By others this device is called a Cross Pall
(extending then to the extremities of the shield), representing a pall
thrown over the shoulders of a priest or bishop. It is supposed to be
made of lamb's wool, and is the figure of Christ bearing the lost sheep
upon his shoulders.
of Richmond: the same is borne by St. Ecleire, in France. The
virtues ascribed in olden times to the sun, both physically and
symbolically, we need not now consider. It is sufficient that the sun
affords a fair and honourable device, applicable to the purpose of an
heraldic figure. Gules, the sun in his glory, appertains to the family
of Solis, in Spain. Party per fess crenelle gules and azure, three suns
proper, is borne by the name of Pearson, of Devonshire; Sable, four
chevronels between three suns argent, by the name of Waltham. It is
probable that this device should be three full moons. A detached ray of
the sun has been used as an heraldic device. Azure, one ray of the sun
issuing out of the dexter corner of the escutcheon bendways proper, is
borne by the name of Aldam, or Adam. Several instances occur in armory
of rays of light issuing. Clouds, Stars, Crescents, Angels, Cherubs,
Lightning Bolts, and many more heavenly images are used frequently in
Heraldry.
fishermen, and whose sainted protection these devotees invoked in their
arduous journeys. 
Palmer, of Essex; Azure, three escallop shells
or, by the name of Mallett, of Somersetshire; Or, three escallop shells
gules, by the name of Harbotell, of Northumberland. Sable, six escallop
shells, 3, 2, and 1, or, by the name of Estoft, of Lincolnshire ; the
same arms are borne by the name of Escott, of Cornwall, no doubt
originally the same family. 
