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' Good Day ', etc. For some reason case of the latter tbe expression
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the mace was parficularly popular crined (q.v.) is more generally used.
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with Soldier-churchmen such as
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Odo, Bishop of Bayeux and brother Man lion - A lion rampant with
of Richard the Conqueror. fhe the head and face of an old man
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reason being that the Mace, though which is facing the viewer.
a brutal weapon, was a bruising
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weapon whereas a sword spilt blood,
which was forbidden to churchmen.
In modern times the mace is
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merely a symbol of judicial or civic
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authority.
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Madonna - A charge which appears
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in a number of ecclesiastical arms.
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Maiden's head - One of the head
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series of charges (q.~.).) It may be
found in the arms of Reading.
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Maintenance, Cap of - See Cap of Mantie - Refers to the cloak worn
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Estate.
by rnernbers of the Peerage on state
occasions. They are crirnson velvet
Majesty, In his - An expression edged with miniver and the cape
used for an eagle crowned and furred with pure miniver with bars
ermine varying in nurnber
of
holding a sceptre.
according to the rank of the wearer.
Mallet - A square ended hamrner e.g. A Duke, 4 bars; a Marquess,
and generally associated with parti- 34 bars; an Earl, 3 bars; a Viscount
cular trades. It appears in Heraldry 24 bars; and a Baron, 2 bars.
as a charge but details must be
Mantling or Lambriquin - This was
given in the blazon.
a shoulder Iength cape hanging from
Maltese Cross - The cross of eight the top of the helm and was designed
points.
originally to keep the heat of the
sun from the head and neck of the
wearer. Subsquently it was found
to be an added protection in battle
owing to the difficulty of cutting
tllrough loose rnaterial with a sword,
though naturally it sustained a num-
ber of cuts and tears.
The mantling which is now used
as a decorative measure in an
achievemeat is derived £rom the old-
fashioned lambriquin and its scal-
l Maltese Cross loped edges represent the cuts
i received in bartle.
Mmed - Refers to the mane of a
lion and occasionaiiy used in con- Marcbmont Herald - One of the
nection with a hors, though in the Scottish Officers of Arms (q.v.).
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