 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1880 - 890 pages
...standard, of red silk, sparkling all over with gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble naming fire, and appear to be continually moving, and the...other suitable stones, and to place it in the church ot St. Peter, at Westminster, against the king's coming there ; and the king being informed of the... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1888 - 910 pages
...of a standard, of red silk sparkling all over with fine gold, the tongue of which should be made tu resemble burning fire and appear to be continually...and the eyes of sapphires or other suitable stones." The Siege of. Carlavcroci, an Anglo-Norman poem of tho 14th century, describes the heraldic bearings... | |
 | Lyman E. Stowe - Astrology - 1896 - 414 pages
...standard, of red silk, sparkling all over with fine gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble fire, and appear to be continually moving, and the eyes of sapphires, or other suitable stones." — Encyclopedia Britannica, under heading of flags. We must remember that in olden times flags mesint... | |
 | Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1907 - 794 pages
...for a " dragon to be made in fashion of a standard, of red silk sparkling all over with fine gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble burning...and the eyes of sapphires or other suitable stones." The Siege of OarlaverocK, an Anglo-Norman poem of the 14th century, describes the heraldic bearings... | |
 | Arthur Charles Fox-Davies - Badges - 1907 - 204 pages
...Odo "to cause a dragon to be made in fashion of a standard of red silk sparkling all over with gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble burning fire and appear to be continually moving, the 108 FIG. 35. A design from " Prince Arthur's Book," showing the following badges : (a) the " rose-en-soleil... | |
 | George Henry Preble - Flags - 1917 - 438 pages
...standard, of red silk, sparkling all over with gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble flaming fire, and appear to be continually moving, and the...stones, and to place it in the church of St. Peter, at Westminster, against the king's coming there; and the king, being informed of the cost, it should... | |
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Fjtzode, in 1244, directed him to cause a dragon to be made in the fashion of a standard, of red silk, sparkling all over with gold, the tongue of which should be made to resemble flaming fire, and appear to be continually moving, and the eyes of sapphires... 