§ 7. SPHRAGISTICS AND HERALDRY.

a. Sphragistics, Nos. 268-76.

b. Heraldry, Nos. 277-96.

a. SPHRAGISTICS.

There is a good account of this subject in Bresslau's Handbuch (No. 228), ch. xix., and in Giry's Manuel (No. 233), ch. ix. See also Nos. 235, 284. No. 274 contains a long list of works concerning seals.

268. BIRCH, W. DE GRAY. Catalogue of seals in the department of manuscripts in the British Museum. 5 vols. London, 1887-98. 48 plates.

269. CHASSANT, ALPHONSE, and DELBARRE, P. J. Dictionnaire de sigillographie, contenant toutes les notions propres à faciliter l'étude des sceaux. Paris, 1860.

270. DEMAY, GERMAIN. Le costume au moyen-âge d'après les Paris, 1880.

Sceaux.

There is a good account of sphragistics on pp. 3-76.

271. GROTEFEND, HERMANN. Ueber Sphragistik. Breslau, 1875. PP. 54.

272. LAING, HENRY. Descriptive catalogue of impressions from ancient Scottish seals, A.D. 1094 to the Commonwealth. Maitland Club. Edinburgh, 1850. — Supplement, A.D. 1150 to the eighteenth century, Edinburgh, 1866.

Contains forty-four valuable plates. 273. LECOY [1889].

DE LA MARCHE, ALBERT.

Les sceaux. Paris,

274. List of books and pamphlets in the national art library, South Kensington museum, illustrating seals. London, 1886. pp. 46.

275. SEYLER, G. A. Geschichte der Siegel. Magdeburg, 1894. Deals mainly with Germany.

276. WYON, A. B., and WYON, ALLAN. The great seals of England. London, 1887. 55 plates.

Valuable, but the text contains many errors.

b. HERALDRY.

The most elaborate treatise on heraldry is that of Woodward and Burnett. Boutell's is the best of the numerous manuals. The dictionaries of Burke, Elvin, and Papworth are useful books of reference. A series of volumes on old English heraldry, based on the original sources, edited by Oswald Barron and W. H. St. John Hope, will soon be published by Archibald Constable & Co.; the first volume will be a corpus of all the early English rolls of arms. For the bibliography of heraldry, see No. 289, and the works of Gatfield and Moule (Nos. 297-8). The periodicals, guides, etc., in § 8 are also useful.

277. Bedford, W. K. R. The blazon of episcopacy, being the arms borne by the archbishops and bishops of England and Wales. London, 1858. 2nd edition, Oxford, 1897.

278. BOUTELL, CHARLES. A manual of heraldry. London, 1863. 3rd edition: Heraldry, historical and popular, with 975 illustrations, 1864. - Abridged under the title: English heraldry. London, 1867; 6th edition, with 450 illustrations, 1899.

The best handbook of English heraldry.

279. BURKE, JOHN, and BURKE, J. B. A general armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales. London, 1842. [New edition], 1884.

280. CLARK, HUGH. An introduction to heraldry. London, 1775. 18th edition, by J. R. Planché, 1866.

281. CUSSANS, J. E. Handbook of heraldry. London, 1869 [1868]. 4th edition, 1893.

282. ELVIN, C. N. Dictionary of heraldry. London, [1889].

Valuable.

283. FAIRBAIRN, JAMES. Fairbairn's Crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. Edinburgh, etc., [1860]. New edition, by A. C. Fox-Davies: Book of crests of the families of Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. Edinburgh, 1892.

Vol. ii. contains 229 plates.

284. Fox-Davies, A. C., and CROOKES, M. E. B. The book of public arms: a cyclopædia of the armorial bearings, seals, etc., of counties, cities, etc., of the United Kingdom. Edinburgh, 1894. 130 plates.

285. [GOUGH, HENRY.] A glossary of terms used in heraldry. Oxford, 1847. New edition, with 1000 illustrations, 1894.

286. GREENSTREET, JAMES, and RUSSELL, CHARLES. Reference ist of the rolls of arms and other early authorities for ancient coatarmour. [London, 1881.] pp. 41.

Cf. Richard Sims, Manual for the Genealogist, 1856, pp. 300–306.

287. GUILLIM, JOHN. A display of heraldry. London, 1610. 6th edition, 1724.

The best of the older works.

288. HULME, F. E. The history, principles, and practice of heraldry. London, 1892.

289. List of works on heraldry in the national art library, South Kensington museum. London, 1880. 2nd edition, 1884; pp. 75

290. LOWER, M. A. The curiosities of heraldry. London, 1845.

291. PAPWORTH, J. W. An alphabetical dictionary of coats of arms belonging to families in Great Britain and Ireland. 2 vols. London, [1858]-74.

Valuable.

292. PLANCHÉ, J. R. The pursuivant of arms, or heraldry founded upon facts. London, 1852. 3rd edition, [1874].

293. SEYLER, G. A. Geschichte der Heraldik. [A part of Johann Siebmacher's Grosses Wappenbuch.] Nuremberg, 1890 [1885-89].

More detailed than any history of heraldry written in English.

294. WOODWARD, JOHN. A treatise on ecclesiastical heraldry. Edinburgh, 1894.

295. WOODWARD, JOHN, and BURNETT, GEORGE. A treatise on heraldry, British and foreign. 2 vols. Edinburgh, etc., 1892.

The most exhaustive treatise on English heraldry.

296. WORTHY, CHARLES. Practical heraldry, or an epitome of English heraldry. London, 1889.

§ 8. BIOGRAPHY AND GENEALOGY.

a. Bibliographies and Journals, Nos. 297–302.

b. Dictionaries, Guides, etc., Nos. 303-11.

c. Peerages, Nos. 312-21.

d. Royalty, Chancellors, Justices, etc., Nos. 322-34.

e. History of Names, Nos. 335-42.

The best biographical work of reference is the Dictionary of National Biography (No. 305), and the most complete 'peerage' is Cokayne's (No. 315). There is a long list of works on the genealogy of royal and noble families in Sims's Manual (No. 311), 178-92. See also §§ 166, 38 d, 47 d, 56d, 70c.

a. BIBLIOGRAPHIES AND JOURNALS.

See Nos. 308-9, 311.

297. GATFIELD, GEORGE. Guide to printed books and manuscripts relating to English and foreign heraldry and genealogy. London, 1892.

A very long list, badly arranged.

298. MOULE, THOMAS. Bibliotheca heraldica Magnæ Britanniæ : an analytical catalogue of books on genealogy, heraldry, etc. London, 1822.

299. Genealogical Magazine: a journal of family history, heraldry, and pedigrees. London, 1897, etc.

300. Genealogist (The), ed. G. W. Marshall, etc. London, 1875, etc.

301. Herald (The) and Genealogist, ed. J. G. Nichols. 8 vols. London, 1863-74.

Nichols also edited Collectanea Topographica et Genealogica, 8 vols., 183443; and The Topographer and Genealogist, 3 vols., 1846-58.

302. Miscellanea Genealogica et Heraldica, ed. Joseph J. Howard. London, 1868 [1866], etc.

b. DICTIONARIES, GUIDES, ETC.

303. Calendarium genealogicum, Henry III.-Edward I., ed. Charles Roberts. Rolls Series. 2 vols. London, 1865.

304. Dictionary of Christian biography, literature, sects, and doctrines [to about A.D. 800], ed. William Smith and Henry Wace. 4 vols. London, 1877-87.

Valuable.

305. *Dictionary of national biography, ed. Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee. 63 vols. London, 1885-1900.

306. HAYDN, JOSEPH. The book of dignities, containing lists of the official personages of the British empire from the earliest periods to the present time. London, 1851. 3rd edition, 1894.

307. LORENZ, OTTOKAR. Lehrbuch der Genealogie. Berlin, 1898.

308. *MARSHALL, G. W. The genealogist's guide. London, 1879. [3rd edition], Guildford, 1893.

An index of the pedigrees contained in every important genealogical and topographical work.

309. PHILLIMORE, W. P. W. How to write the history of a family: a guide for the genealogist. London, 1887. 2nd edition, 1888; supplement, 1896.

A useful work, containing much bibliographical information.

310. RYE, WALTER. Records and record searching: a guide to the genealogist and topographer. London, etc., 1888. 2nd edition, 1897.

Valuable.

311. SIMS, RICHARD. A manual for the genealogist, topographer, antiquary, and legal professor. London, 1856. 2nd edition, 1861; new edition, 1888.

The three editions are printed from the same plates. The work is still useful, though sadly in need of revision.

312. BANKS, T. C.

c. PEERAGES.

The dormant and extinct baronage of England. 4 vols. London, 1807-37.