A Complete Guide to Heraldry Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from A Complete Guide to Heraldry Vol. 1<br><br>The second point which perhaps is the most important is the patent fact that Heraldry and Armory are not a dead science but are an actual living reality. Armory may be a quaint survival of a time with different manners and customs and different ideas from our own but the word Finis has not yet been written to the science which is still slowly developing and altering and changing as it is suited to the altered manners and customs of the present day. I doubt not that this view will be a startling one to many who look upon Armory as indissolubly associated with parchments and writings already musty with age. As the Sovereign has the power to create a new order of and attach thereto Heraldic insignia so long as the Crown has the power to create a new coronet or to order a new ceremonial so long as new coats of arms are being called into being-for so long is it idle to treat Armory and Heraldry as a science incapable of further development or as a science which in recent periods has not altered in its laws.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases an imperfection in the original such as a blemish or missing page may be replicated in our edition. We do however repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.