Part 14 (1/2)

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 233.--Crest-Wreath.]

_Crest-Coronet._ A coronet from which issues, or which supports, a crest. No. 232.

_Crest-Wreath_, or _Torse_. In the Middle Ages, of rich materials and costly workmans.h.i.+p; now represented as being formed of two rolls of silk of the princ.i.p.al metal and colour in the arms, which are twisted to show the metal and colour alternately. The earliest examples are about A.D.

1375. No. 233 shows three varieties of representation. (See Chapter XIV.)

_Crined._ Having a mane or hair.

_Cross._ One of the Ordinaries. Nos. 90-110.

_Crown._ The ensign of Royal and Imperial dignity; in Heraldry borne as a charge, and also used to denote the rank of a Sovereign Prince. The Crown that is generally borne as a charge is represented without arches, and resembling No. 232. Certain other crowns, each distinguished by an appropriate t.i.tle, are also sometimes borne on s.h.i.+elds, or introduced as heraldic accessories. (See _Celestial_, _Eastern_ or _Radiated_, _Mural_, _Naval_, and _Vallary_ Crowns.) The different forms a.s.sumed at different periods by the Royal Crown of England are faithfully exemplified in the seals and the coinage of the successive Sovereigns, and several fine examples are preserved in the Royal effigies. The adornment of the regal circlet was arbitrary before the fifteenth century; still, it always was enriched with gems and surmounted by golden foliage. HENRY V. first arched his crown; and by HENRY VI. the circlet was first heightened with alternate crosses-patee and fleurs de lys. This arrangement has since been retained, the subsequent alterations being restricted to changes in the number and in the contour of the arches. The crown of His Majesty the KING has the circlet heightened with four crosses and as many fleurs de lys; from the crosses rise the arches, which are surmounted by a mound and a cross-patee. No.

234. This, the heraldic crown, is not an exact reproduction of the actual crown of the King.

_Crozier._ Strictly, the cross-staff of an archbishop; distinguished by its form from the pastoral-staff with a crook-head, of bishops; but the term is loosely and very generally applied also to the crook-headed pastoral-staff.

_Crusilee_, _Crusily_. Having the field semee of crosses-crosslets, or of other small crosses, their peculiar form (when not crosslets) being specified.

_Cubit arm._ A human arm couped between the elbow and the wrist.

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 234.--Crown of H.M. The King.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 235.--Dacre Knot and Badges.]

_Cup_, _Covered Cup_. A vessel formed like a chalice, and having a raised cover; borne by the BOTILERS, BUTLERS, &c.

_Cus.h.i.+on_, _Pillow_, _Oreiller_. Unless described of another form, square or oblong, and with a ta.s.sel at each corner.

_Dacre Knot._ No. 235. (See _Knot_.)

_Dancette._ No. 38B. In early blazon, a fesse dancette is styled simply ”a _dancette_” or ”a _danse_.” Nos. 78, 146; and No. 20A, page 70.

_Debruised._ When an ordinary surmounts an animal or another charge.

_Decrescent._ A half-moon having its horns to the sinister. No. 166C.

_Deer._ In general practice very little if any differentiation is made between the _Stag_, the _Buck_, and the _Hart_; the female is a _Hind_, and of course is without attires. (See Chapter VIII.)

_Degrees._ A term applied to the steps upon which a Cross Calvary is represented.

_Demembered_, _Dismembered_. Cut into pieces, but without any alteration in the form of the original figure.

_Demi._ The half. The upper, front, or dexter half, unless the contrary be specified. No. 186.

_Depressed._ Surmounted.

_Dexter._ The right side. No. 27C.

_Diaper_, _Diapering_. Surface decoration. No. 68.

_Difference_, _Differencing_. An addition to, or some change in, a Coat-of-Arms, introduced for the purpose of distinguis.h.i.+ng Coats which in their primary qualities are the same. (See Chapters XII. and XIII.)