Part 18 (1/2)

_In Quadrangle._ When four charges are so disposed that one is in each quarter of the s.h.i.+eld.

_In Splendour._ The sun irradiated.

_Irradiated._ Surrounded by rays of light.

_Issuant._ Proceeding from, or out of.

_Jambe_, _Gambe_. The leg of a lion, or other beast of prey: No. 185.

_Jelloped._ Having wattles and a comb, as a c.o.c.k.

_Jesses._ Straps for hawk's bells.

_Jessant._ Shooting forth. _Jessant de lys._--A combination of a leopard's face and a fleur-de-lys: No. 267.

_Joust._ A tournament.

_Jupon._ A short, sleeveless surcoat, worn over armour from about 1340 to about 1405. It is often charged with armorial insignia, and thus is a true ”coat of arms.”

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 267.--Jessant de lys.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: Nos. 268, 269.--Heraldic Keys.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 270.--Hastings Badge.]

_Key._ When represented in early blazon, Keys have always elegant forms.

No. 268 is from Peterborough Cathedral, and No. 269 from Exeter.

_King-of-Arms._ See _Herald_.

_Knighthood, Orders of_: _Knights_. See Chapter XVI.

_Knot._ An intertwined cord, borne as a badge. The varieties of this device are--The _Bourchier_, No. 219; the _Bowen_, No. 220; the _Harington_ (the same as a _Frette_), No. 148; the _Heneage_, No. 264; the _Lacy_, No. 274; the _Stafford_, No. 304; and the _Wake and Ormond_, No. 313. Cords were sometimes intertwined about other figures and devices, and so formed what may be regarded as _Compound Badges_, which significantly declared the union of two houses: thus, the knot of EDWARD Lord HASTINGS unites the Hungerford sickle with the Peverel garbe: No.

270; and the _Dacre knot_ is entwined about the Dacre escallop and the famous ”ragged staff” of Beauchamp and Neville: No. 235.

_Label_, or _File_. A narrow ribbon placed across the field of a s.h.i.+eld near the chief, and having three, five, or sometimes other numbers of _points_ depending from it, its object being to _mark Cadency_. In the early Labels the number of the points was arbitrary, the usual numbers being five and three; and, subsequently, three points were almost universally used; the object always was to render the Label conspicuous.

In blazon a Label is supposed to have three points; but, if more, the number is to be specified; thus, No. 271 is simply ”_a Label_,” but No.

272 is ”_a Label of five points_.” Labels appear early in the thirteenth century, and in the next century they are in constant use. Various charges may be placed on the ”points” of Labels to extend their capacity for ”differencing.” Since the time of EDWARD the BLACK PRINCE the Label of the PRINCE OF WALES has been plain silver. The Label is almost exclusively (now without any exception) used in Royal Cadency; but, in modern Heraldry, in the case of all other persons it is the peculiar mark of the eldest son. The Label is also found as a charge. It has become a usage in the degenerate days of Heraldry to represent the Label as in No. 273, instead of the earlier and far preferable forms of Nos.

271, 272.

[Ill.u.s.tration: Nos. 271-273.--Labels.]

[Ill.u.s.tration: No. 274.--Lacy Knot.]

_Lacy Knot._ No. 274.

_Lambrequin._ A mantling.

_Langued._ A term which refers to the tincture of an animal's tongue.