. Peeps at heraldry . Fig. 4. Fig. 2 right side, through which the lance was passed whenthe shield was displayed on the breast (Fig. 4). The shield of a coat of arms usually presents a plainsurface, but it is sometimes enriched with a bordure—literally border. This surface is termed the field, because, as I believe, says Guillim, it bore thoseensigns which the owners valour had gained for him on the field. The several points of a shield have each their re-spective names, and serve as landmarks for locating theexact position of the different figures charged on thefield. (In describing a shield,
. Peeps at heraldry . Fig. 4. Fig. 2 right side, through which the lance was passed whenthe shield was displayed on the breast (Fig. 4). The shield of a coat of arms usually presents a plainsurface, but it is sometimes enriched with a bordure—literally border. This surface is termed the field, because, as I believe, says Guillim, it bore thoseensigns which the owners valour had gained for him on the field. The several points of a shield have each their re-spective names, and serve as landmarks for locating theexact position of the different figures charged on thefield. (In describing a shield, you must always thinkof it as being worn by yourself, so that in looking at a 11 Peeps at Heraldry shield, right and left become reversed, and what appearsto you as the right side is really the left, and viceversa.) In Fig. 5, Ay B, C, mark the chief—, the highestand most honourable point of the shield—A markingthe dexter chief or upper right-hand side of the shield,B the middle chief, and C the sinister or
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