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Advantages Resulting From The Study Of Heraldry.
ADVANTAGES RESULTING FROM THE STUDY OF HERALDRY .
ON THE
BY THE AUTHOR OF •' THE SYMBOLICAL CHARACTER OP MEDIEVAL HERALDRY , rrs CONNECTION WITH FREEMASONRY . "
"Nor rough , nor barren , are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity , but strewn with flowers . "—WARTON . HERALDRY has , since its existence as a science , been considered a most honourable pursuit ; andas in days of
, yore an acquaintance with the art of blazonry was indispensable alike to the courtier in the palace and the kni ght in the field , so even in its present neglected state it may be fairly reckoned among the accomplishments of a gentleman , and be considered to form a graceful as well as a useful adjunct in every system of liberal education . But the
science to which kings , princes , and nobles , " brave knights , and peerless dames , " once devoted their leisure moments ; the science which , at its first developement , contributed in no small degree to the civilization of Europe , and which is
in itself the very key-stone of chivalry ; m spite of its connection with the researches of the historian , the architect , and the admirer of Catholic art , has been ruthlessly abandoned to ignorant coach-painters ( not the herald painters of by-gone days , ) cold antiquaries , and the ill-paid officials of the Heralds' College . It will not be my object
in the course of the present remarks to discuss the expediency of reviving the very letter of the laws of honour and blazonry so strictly maintained and observed by our chivalrous ancestors , nor need I enter very far into the various theories affecting the origin and progress of the science of Heraldrybut I shall endeavour to prove its real usefulness
, in connection with history , with the laws of the land , with architecture , and with the fine arts . But the Heraldic student of the present day meets with many difficulties and annoyances in the pursuit of his favourite occupation .
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Advantages Resulting From The Study Of Heraldry.
ADVANTAGES RESULTING FROM THE STUDY OF HERALDRY .
ON THE
BY THE AUTHOR OF •' THE SYMBOLICAL CHARACTER OP MEDIEVAL HERALDRY , rrs CONNECTION WITH FREEMASONRY . "
"Nor rough , nor barren , are the winding ways Of hoar antiquity , but strewn with flowers . "—WARTON . HERALDRY has , since its existence as a science , been considered a most honourable pursuit ; andas in days of
, yore an acquaintance with the art of blazonry was indispensable alike to the courtier in the palace and the kni ght in the field , so even in its present neglected state it may be fairly reckoned among the accomplishments of a gentleman , and be considered to form a graceful as well as a useful adjunct in every system of liberal education . But the
science to which kings , princes , and nobles , " brave knights , and peerless dames , " once devoted their leisure moments ; the science which , at its first developement , contributed in no small degree to the civilization of Europe , and which is
in itself the very key-stone of chivalry ; m spite of its connection with the researches of the historian , the architect , and the admirer of Catholic art , has been ruthlessly abandoned to ignorant coach-painters ( not the herald painters of by-gone days , ) cold antiquaries , and the ill-paid officials of the Heralds' College . It will not be my object
in the course of the present remarks to discuss the expediency of reviving the very letter of the laws of honour and blazonry so strictly maintained and observed by our chivalrous ancestors , nor need I enter very far into the various theories affecting the origin and progress of the science of Heraldrybut I shall endeavour to prove its real usefulness
, in connection with history , with the laws of the land , with architecture , and with the fine arts . But the Heraldic student of the present day meets with many difficulties and annoyances in the pursuit of his favourite occupation .