ZOLLERN.

the palar line, bearing respectively the arms of PRUSSIA; BRANDENBURG; NÜRNBERG; and HOHENPlate XL. represents the achievement of the Empress MARIA THERESA before her accession to the Imperial throne when she was Queen of HUNGARY and BOHEMIA; and, by marriage, Grand Duchess of TUSCANY. It is a shield of four grand quarters, each counter-quartered and bearing an escucheon en surtout. Another escucheon crowned is placed on the central point of the whole shield, so that the five surtouts are arranged in saltire. As there are twenty-nine quarterings, none of them being repetitions, with a very remarkable variety of historic interest, the full blazon is here appended. Quarterly of four Grand Quarters :

I. Quarterly of six (in two horizontal rows of three quarters each) :

I. BOHEMIA: Gules, a lion rampant argent, double queué.

2. DALMATIA: Azure, three leopard's heads affrontés crowned or.

3. CROATIA: Chequy argent and gules.

4. ESCLAVONIA:1 Gules, issuing from the sinister flank an arm embowed proper, vested gules and holding a sabre argent.

5. JERUSALEM: Argent, a cross potent between four crosslets or.

6. INDIA: Azure, a lion rampant argent holding a

cross or.

Over all an escucheon per pale. (a) Barry of eight argent and gules, HUNGARY-ANCIENT. (b) Gules, on a mount in base vert, an open crown or, issuant therefrom a patriarchal cross argent: HUNGARY-MODERN.

1 These are now borne as the arms of BOSNIA (a part of ESCLAVONIA), as will be shown hereafter.

II. Quarterly:

I. CASTILE: Gules, a castle triple-towered or.

2. LEON: Argent, a lion rampant gules crowned or. 3. ARRAGON: Or, four pallets gules.

4. SICILY: Per saltire, in chief and base ARRAGON; in flanks Argent, an eagle displayed sable.

Over all the arms of BURGUNDY - ANCIENT;
Bendy of six or and azure, a bordure gules.

III. Quarterly of six (in two horizontal rows of three each) :

1. BRABANT: Sable, a lion rampant or.

2. MILAN: Argent, a serpent ondoyant in pale azure, crowned or, vorant a child gules.

3. STYRIA: Vert, a griffon rampant queue fourchée argent; vomiting flames proper, and crowned or. 4. CARINTHIA: Or, three lions passant (contournés)

gules (should be sable). (See also pp. 454, 471.) 5. CARNIOLA: Argent, an eagle displayed azure, on its breast a crescent counter-compony of the field and gules.

6. TRANSYLVANIA (SIEBENBÜRGEN): Per fess azure and or, over all a bar gules, issuing therefrom a demi-eagle displayed sable, addextré in chief of the sun in splendour, and senestré of a crescent argent. In the base, seven towers, three and four, of the third.

Over all an escucheon per pale: (a) Or, on a bend
gules three allerions argent, LORRAINE; (b) Or,
five balls gules two, two, one, in chief another of
larger size, azure, thereon three fleurs-de-lis of the
field. TUSCANY.

IV. Quarterly of six (in three rows of two each) :-
:-

I. SWABIA: Or, three lions passant gardant in pale

sable.

Queen of Hungary and Bohemia; Archduchess of Austria; and Grand

Duchess of Tuscany.